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[rad-i-kuhl] / ˈræd ɪ kəl /




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His music, including his other production projects like Infiniti and Borderland, was formally radical, and Atkins stressed that this strain of club music could “make social statements,” as he told the Guardian in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

That made planting a sequoia an act of radical optimism, something I hadn’t felt in a long time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In his Budget, Chancellor John Healey unveiled plans to allow mayors to keep some cash from income tax and business rates collected locally, describing it as "the most radical act of devolution in a generation".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But at the risk of becoming trite, “Paralyzed by Hope” embraces the light that comes with radical honesty.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was still a radical proposition for the time and widely criticized, particularly in the United States, where resistance to drift lasted longer than elsewhere.

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

Berlin is in contact with officials in France and Italy amid fears that radicals from overseas could seek to join the German protests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

He insists that his focus is “the war inside Islam” between radicals and Western-aligned Muslim leaders.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

“I think extremists and the radicals are always a little too much for me to handle.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

No one would accuse them of being radicals.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

In a frenzy, local police rounded up labor leaders and suspected radicals, plus hundreds of workers.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell


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