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Recent Examples of demagogic
First off, reading out demagogic business bashing scripts is not Biden’s nature.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Unlike his contemporary, former stand-up comic Joe Rogan, whose podcast has become a platform for nonconformist politics, Maher capitalizes on the demagogic aspect of flaunting a comic façade.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Unlike his contemporary, former stand-up comic Joe Rogan, whose podcast has become a platform for nonconformist politics, Maher capitalizes on the demagogic aspect of flaunting a comic façade.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demagogic
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Georgia man Brian Ulrich pleaded guilty in 2022 to seditious conspiracy — plotting to use force to oppose the authority of the U.S. government.Ella Lee, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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In May 2023, Elmer Stewart Rhodes III of Texas, the group's founder, and Kelly Meggs, the leader of the Oath Keepers' Florida chapter, were also sentenced on seditious conspiracy and other Jan. 6 charges.Antonio Fins, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Ferrer, her husband, and two daughters made it to the U.S. border in May after a treacherous trek that included passing bodies along their path.Kristen Taketa, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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From Election Day to Inauguration Day, America will confront a treacherous 76 days in transferring power from President Biden to his successor — putting new stress on the political parties, the legal system and the culture.Mike Allen, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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And somewhere between them on the war/peace continuum sit the men on Rhaenyra’s borderline traitorous council.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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Simultaneously, Hal is on a call with President Rayburn to brief him on Penn's traitorous schemes.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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David clocks in at No. 7 this week for setting all of this in motion many years ago by giving Frank Harkness the terrorism starter kit in exchange for his estranged daughter, an understandable decision as a parent but a treasonous one as the head of a spy agency.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Many innocent government workers lost their livelihoods, while others who were eventually exposed as treasonous—including the infamous spy Aldrich Ames—managed to dupe the tests.Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Demagogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demagogic. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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