leftist
Example Sentences
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At this year's awards, held on March 15, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" -- a wild tale of leftist revolutionaries, white supremacists and immigrant detention centers -- was crowned as best picture.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Beyond the top three, leftist Rae Huang notched support from 8% of those polled, while tech entrepreneur Adam Miller drew 6%.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
In France, a loose union of leftist parties won a surprise first-place finish in France’s snap legislative elections in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Tech entrepreneur Adam Miller was supported by just over 4% of those polled, with leftist candidate Rae Huang at about 3%.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
The Neylan board’s first case involved a former Los Alamos chemist named Robert Hurley, who had fallen under suspicion because his Latvian-born wife purportedly had leftist sympathies.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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