radical
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In the words of South African freedom activist Steve Biko, “If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservatively.”
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
But the new PM has promised also the most radical governing agenda in decades to ease the cost of living, which has been made worse by the Middle East war pushing up energy bills.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Riot decided on a radical revamp of its policies to allow more flexibility, said Riot President Hoby Darling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He said it was clear that the attacks were not the work of just a few radical teenagers.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Women’s suffrage—which had seemed like a radical idea when it was first proposed seventy-two years earlier in central New York—had finally become the law of the land.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Yet for all his criticisms of Hayek, Skidelsky affirms that Hayek and Keynes were at one in their desire to preserve liberal civilization from the radicals of the left and right in their time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
I befriended Tony O’Dowd and Harold Wolpe, who were political radicals and members of the Communist Party, and Jules Browde and his wife, who were liberal champions of the anti-apartheid cause.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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