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left wing



left-wing
ADJECTIVE
liberal or radical
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NOUN
person or group favoring usually radical change
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The 20-year-old Liverpool player has spent much of his burgeoning career on the left wing, but Bellamy has used him as a centre-forward recently.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Despite a huge parliamentary majority, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces stiff resistance to spending cuts from his Labour Party’s left wing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“Thankfully, I had been observing and watching everything. But I was reading the script off-stage and then someone would push me onstage and say, ‘I’ll meet you stage left, wing one.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

A good example of this early on was seen in Hakimi's run from right-back to the left wing.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Ruthie pulls me through the main foyer and down into the left wing of the building, to the big office at the end.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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