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dissident

adjective as in disagreeing, differing

noun as in person who holds different belief

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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour put a symphony orchestra on stage alongside the actors in a savage satire which dramatised the plight of Soviet dissidents locked away in mental hospitals.

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The allegations against them emerged from intelligence gleaned from phones and other devices seized in July 2024, when Calarca and other dissidents were temporarily detained.

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Some users criticized the launch, warning that it could expose the locations of dissidents and protestors in autocratic states.

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The Caracol report focuses on Diaz, a former guerrilla chief known by the alias Calarca who now leads a dissident armed group.

Mr. Freedland focuses on a group of dissidents who were not “the usual suspects.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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