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bigot

[big-uht] / ˈbɪg ət /


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Thus the effort to cast Mr. Rogers as a bigot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

“To call Jeremy Carl a radical and a bigot and unqualified is all far too kind,” Schumer said on Monday on the Senate floor.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

His critics denounced him as a far-right bigot and the courts convicted him several times for his radical remarks.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025

“When a news organization says you’re a racist, bigot, whatever, people believe them,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024

What does a bigot do when he meets someone who challenges his opinions?

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

The people who risked being called bigots to tell me I wasn’t good enough yet changed it even more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

"A huge thank you to the local businesses who have rallied round to clean up the mess. The lesson for these bigots, Pride goes on."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

The demographic classification itself is extremely broad, encompassing white and Indigenous and Afro-Latinos, long-conservative anti-leftist refugees from Venezuela and Cuba, Democratic-loyal Mexican Americans, immigrants, U.S.–born citizens, bigots and progressives, Catholics and Protestants and atheists.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2025

Americans have grown more, not less, tolerant over time and the raging bigots we see on social media are mostly a despised fringe.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024

Comets, violins, parades, loneliness, clouds, beards, bigots, lists, flags, earthquakes, despair were all swept up in a scram-bled swirling.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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