firebrand
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He will vote Reform, believing firebrand leader Nigel Farage is a straight-talker.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Realizing he’d be unable to direct his fictionalized childhood remembrance, he entrusted it to his mentee Akin, the firebrand behind modern German classics such as “Head-On” and “In the Fade.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
For years Stephen Miller has been a conservative firebrand in Donald Trump's political orbit.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
The two complaints were not helping the old firebrand Malcolm X image any, nor were they generating the local public interest that was badly needed by his small, young OAAU.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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