counterrevolutionary

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But he brings out the idiosyncratic joys of the Mets roster—even its counterrevolutionary cliques.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The charges were similarly absurd, that he had been a member of a counterrevolutionary organization and sabotaged the collective farm’s work.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

But now it is a noisy, multifaceted earnestness, one that no longer bans dancing—or even simply jumping up and down with abandon when the mood strikes—as either blasphemous or counterrevolutionary.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2021

They chose to fight back through covert action, secret paramilitary operations and support for a counterrevolutionary force, the contras.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2021

But even as he danced with his master, a counterrevolutionary coup in Mutal placed Nuun Ujol Chaak’s son onto the throne, from where he quickly became a problem.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann