counterrevolutionary

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But he brings out the idiosyncratic joys of the Mets roster—even its counterrevolutionary cliques.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Only a couple of weeks later, they were arrested and denounced as counterrevolutionary criminals.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022

“The formula of ‘Sweetback’ was preempted — taken and perverted and watered down and used in a counterrevolutionary way,” he told Interview magazine.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2021

As one counterrevolutionary says, “I refuse to ignore individual lives for the sake of the superb and irrepressible unfolding of History.”

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2021

But even as he danced with his master, a counterrevolutionary coup in Mutal placed Nuun Ujol Chaak’s son onto the throne, from where he quickly became a problem.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann