apologist
Example Sentences
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Now that they see where the popular winds are blowing on Ukraine, the furious backpedaling by some of Mr. Putin’s biggest apologists in this country and others comes across as the height of cynical hypocrisy.
From Washington Post
It was, contrary to what Trump apologists would have you believe, a violent, armed, and organized insurrection.
From Salon
Some of Carlson's apologists have argued that his visit to Hungary is no different from President Richard Nixon visiting Communist China in the early 1970s.
From Salon
Lab-leak proponents — who have called her “an apologist” for virologists — have also been irked by the fact that Dr. Chan received so much credit for putting the question on the public agenda.
From New York Times
“By the way, I’m a big ‘Jaws’ apologist,” Mr. Walters said.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
