gadfly
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"A lot of people far away from the frontline are celebrating," one soldier tells us, who only wants to be known by his call sign "Gadfly".
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022
One such minister, the Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, was so upset by the new regime of insult and smear that he handed out his skeptical book “The Gadfly Papers” at a national meeting.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2021
“We do know a direction in which we should be moving,” he told the University of Vermont student newspaper The Gadfly in 1987.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2019
A recent memo that Mr. Micklethwait sent to his staff outlined a long list of new endeavors, and achievements, including an opinion site, Gadfly, and a morning news service, Daybreak.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2016
The trumpeter Gadfly and a number of his relations, besides several Grasshoppers and Bees, were the chief musicians.
From The Butterfly's Ball The Grasshopper's Feast by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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