hard-core
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Many inside the movement said it should be less confrontational and disruptive but a hard core of activists argued it would be more effective to double down on direct action.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
Back in the old days, shoppers would find coupons in their Sunday newspaper, and hard core couponers would buy several papers to maximize value.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2025
“That kind of cross-conspiracy craziness costs credibility...not with the hard core but with the subset that is persuadable.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023
“Those who are able to go hard core and play to win, Twitter is a good place,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022
He lived in a thin, hard core of consciousness; he felt time slipping by; the darkness round him lived, breathed.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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