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zealot

[zel-uht] / ˈzɛl ət /
NOUN
enthusiast
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Harris is no friend of Baier and no debate team zealot.

From Slate Oct. 17, 2024

“That car changed my life,” Mr. Stielow said, the moment the Ford zealot drove his ’66 Mustang into enemy territory as a G.M. engineering intern in 1988.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

Witnesses have included his flabbergasted ex-wife, who testified that he morphed from a Brooklyn family man into a zealot.

From Seattle Times Feb. 2, 2023

Mr. Rowe long plotted his escape even as he portrayed himself to peers as a zealot of Kim’s rule.

From Washington Post Jan. 6, 2023

Blanche, on the other hand, glowed with the certainty of a zealot.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

The cost and capability advantages of the efficient chips is what turned the Mac Mini into a hit with AI zealots.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

For TV producers, it's long been tempting to invite two self-righteous zealots into a studio to bellow at each other.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

The U.S. built the post-war world around rules—not because we are zealots about law, but because rules have helped us.

From Barron's Jan. 5, 2026

After making his way through a Romanian town filled with zealots warning Thomas of Orlok’s corruption, he finds himself alone, deep in the snowy woods.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2024

All men of talent, whether they be men of feeling or not; whether they be zealots, or aspirants, or despots—provided only they be sincere—have their sublime moments, when they subdue and rule.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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