patriot
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Before he became a patriot and founding father, Benjamin Franklin was a businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"He didn't want to, but he had do it. He was a patriot," Natalia explains, through her tears.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
"Regardless of what they say, to me, my son was a patriot, and that's what matters to me."
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
At a time when even the largest American newspapers rarely had circulations exceeding 2,000, over 100,000 copies of “Common Sense” flew from patriot presses by mid-April and reached some 500,000 by 1778.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
Some of them joined what Dunmore called the Ethiopian Regiment, a force that ended up weakened by yellow fever, attacked by patriot soldiers, and chased from Virginia.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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