revolutionary
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But it is also a revolutionary state, sustained since 1979 by ideological conviction as much as calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Villarreal: How did playing Willa inform how you thought about Agnes, who’s also this young revolutionary in the making, as you were putting yourself on tape for “The Testaments”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The 54-year-old has spent years collecting revolutionary memorabilia and reveres Castro as "the master."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
For those who have been living paycheck to paycheck forever and building up credit card debt when they get behind, the difference can be revolutionary.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
For twenty years, over the entire life span of the revolutionary war and the experiment with republican government, Washington had stood at the helm of the ship of state.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Ramiro Valdés was one of the last surviving revolutionaries who took power with the Castro brothers in 1959.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“O Canada” is as soaring as “God Save the King,” while revolutionaries across the world have chanted “La Marseillaise” for centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
"They'd love to humiliate the Castros and get one of the original revolutionaries from 1959 behind bars. But the strategic value of that is questionable."
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
At this year's awards, held on March 15, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" -- a wild tale of leftist revolutionaries, white supremacists and immigrant detention centers -- was crowned as best picture.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Reform, not punishment, is her modus operandi, and Celia has succeeded in converting many young delinquents into productive revolutionaries.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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