loyalist
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He was seen as a loyalist, especially after China's state-run banks helped rescue his family business during a global slump in the mid-1980s.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Maria has lived peacefully in her home in a loyalist area of east Belfast for two years.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
After the elections, Min Aung Hlaing -- who led the coup as armed forces chief -- took over as civilian president, handing the office of military leader to staunch loyalist Ye Win Oo.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He issued a no-bid contract to a company that botched the renovation, according to staunch Trump loyalist Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
To be a Swann loyalist, as Lawrence was, meant being prepared to pack one’s academic bags on short notice.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
A parallel panic is also engulfing the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his loyalists are scrambling to contain a massive internal leak.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Despite the chaos, some die-hard loyalists remain optimistic.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Southwest: Southwest loyalists are new to the basic-economy game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Aquatics Center loyalists, however, wonder how they will cope with the loss of their pools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Northern abolitionists like Ralph Waldo Emerson made Brown a martyr, and Southern loyalists got up in arms, quite literally, at the idea that this might be the start of a trend.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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