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dissident

[dis-i-duhnt] / ˈdɪs ɪ dənt /




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Dong is not the first Chinese dissident to flee across the sea to South Korea.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

He likened Jin to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident who left the safety of the U.S. to return to Germany in 1939, only to be arrested and executed a few years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Once the New York branch was established, a leading officer in China requested that Lu assist her in pursuing a Chinese political dissident who was in California.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Police previously said they believed the attack may have been carried out by the dissident republican group known as the New IRA.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

“It’s about this meg normal guy, who doesn’t think about anything until one wacky day, when he meets a dissident with a heart of gold.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson




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