loyalists

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The strategy allows him to install loyalists quickly while avoiding prolonged scrutiny of their qualifications.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Analysts say any similar attempt by US special forces to arrest Castro could meet stiff opposition in Cuba, particularly among government loyalists.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

As ever, the loyalists will go where the money talks.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Now, people close to her say she’s often indecisive, weighed down by worries over how both Trump and López Obrador’s loyalists will react.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

At nineteen he married a rich widow fourteen years his senior, but at the outbreak of revolution in the colonies he unwisely sided with the loyalists, for a time spying on their behalf.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson