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loyalist

[loi-uh-list] / ˈlɔɪ ə lɪst /
NOUN
supporter
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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

In stark contrast, within Fifa, the view from one Infantino loyalist is that the outcry, especially in Europe, is bordering on "hysteria", and fails to acknowledge the legitimacy he has globally.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

A month earlier, prosecutors filed charges against another Duterte loyalist, Senator Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada, over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal over bogus flood control projects.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Ceesay got in some mitigating backstory for his otherwise despicable, cyborg-armed Yutani loyalist.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Daoud’s loyalist forces were all but defeated, Abdul Qader said in a reassuring tone.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Aquatics Center loyalists, however, wonder how they will cope with the loss of their pools.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

The branding has worked wonders for the studio’s reputation, leading diehard loyalists to conflate the production-and-distribution company with the art it finances — resulting in capsule collections of merch flying off the digital shelves.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

Cunningham said the exhibition -- Revolution 250 -- also brought forward voices often absent from traditional accounts, including indigenous peoples, black loyalists and enslaved individuals.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

By the end, the dressing room had fractured into three camps: a small group of loyalists, a larger group who actively resented him, and a numb majority who had simply stopped caring.

From BBC May 13, 2026

“I assume that by loyalists, they mean Tutsis?”

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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