radical
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Tommy John, who ruptured a ligament in his left elbow in 1974, agreed to a radical surgery that revived his career and changed baseball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Winnicott coined the term the “good enough” mother to express a radical idea: Perfection in parenting isn’t what we should shoot for.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
These are the conditions that historically have made for collapsing popular faith in the system and demands for something radical to replace it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"The future for me is uncertain" unless "something happens, a radical change" in the country, he acknowledges.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 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
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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
Among all the varieties tested, kombuchas prepared from green tea and oolong tea demonstrated the strongest antioxidant activity and the greatest capacity to neutralize free radicals.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
But she is surely right that his wealth and “social standing gave the radicals a legitimacy they would not otherwise have had.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He insists that his focus is “the war inside Islam” between radicals and Western-aligned Muslim leaders.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
“I don’t think our little country cousin is acquainted with any radicals, known or unknown.”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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