firebrand
Example Sentences
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Relatively unknown outside his own country at the time, Lee had a reputation as a firebrand who was sympathetic to socialist economic causes.
From BBC
As the original firebrands age, a new generation looks to tinker with the system, loosen its ideological strictures, and even reanimate a national compact.
He later became one of the firebrand’s most loyal lieutenants.
"Free our president," read a placard held by a man with a red flannel shirt which bore the image of Maduro's predecessor and mentor, late socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez.
From Barron's
Recruiting firebrand poet Ezra Pound as her European talent scout, Anderson began publishing works by T.S.
From Los Angeles Times
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