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populist

[pop-yuh-list] / ˈpɒp jə lɪst /


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Talarico, a former teacher and Presbyterian seminarian, has courted voters with a populist economic pitch blended with an overlay of Christian messaging to “love thy neighbor.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Lowe wasn’t an obvious first choice to lead a populist rescue of the British establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Shortsighted or populist reactions to underlying business challenges are not the answer," Ashley said in the letter.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Tucker, the Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner, is a fifth-generation Texan who ties his campaign to Texas’ populist movement and focuses on issues that receive the most petition signatures on his website.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Indeed, it is possible to date the chasm that was to develop between the populist mainstream and the classical avant-garde in music to this place and time.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Macron, who attended the country’s top schools, “has become the embodiment of everything populists hate,” said Olivier Costa, a research professor at the Paris-based Sciences Po university and France’s National Center for Scientific Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

Both men ran as populists, promising to challenge the establishment and deliver economic revival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025

After key regional elections on Sunday in Germany conservatives and right-wing populists are celebrating.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023

Thus we see the growth of labour organisations, and the spread of populists and socialists, who demand new rights and a greater share in the products of labour.

From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by David Grayson


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