confederate
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Warnock became Georgia’s first Black senator and the first Black Democratic senator from a former confederate state.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022
The first march I ever attended was a protest in January 2000, to bring down the confederate flag from the top of the South Carolina State House.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022
The “focal” behavior, which both the confederate and an onlooking researcher recorded, was holding the door.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2021
Roth, who had mentored the progress of Lelchuk’s “American Mischief” toward its ultimate success, had once again happened on a compliant confederate.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021
As they walked down the hallway with their questionnaire, a man—a confederate of the experimenters—walked past them and pulled out a drawer in one of the filing cabinets.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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