subversive
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Because women were often writing the scripts, many held subversive messages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A subversive, funny new show: HBO’s new Sunday night series Lanterns is the spiritual successor to Watchmen: a superhero show for people who don’t think they like superhero shows.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Charli's new songs find her grappling with whether she can stay true to her pugnacious, subversive roots while enjoying commercial success and personal happiness.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Years before “Barbie” stormed movie houses, Elle was the subversive answer to whether a woman’s love of makeup, pastel colors, skirts and heels negated her feminism.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Anything of a subversive or out-and-out nasty nature, that is.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
In the authorities’ war against perceived subversives, it would be years before it became clear how brazenly they had cheated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
These Super Glue subversives have been derided as publicity-seeking Philistines and hailed as martyrs for a vital cause.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
Some of them provided for the roundup and detention of Americans who were on a list of so-called subversives.
From Salon ● May 23, 2022
They are dangerous subversives with a thrilling dual-threat quarterback and a slick upstart coach whose gimmicky system is all dessert and no vegetables.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2020
"McCarthyism" became a catchphrase for the hunt for communist subversives, a frenzy that would engulf the United States for the rest of the 1950s.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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