as in strict
not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards
a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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Recent Examples of hard-line
More hard-line members of Netanyahu’s party have pushed the prime minister to enact policies opposed to Gallant’s stances.
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Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
The likelihood of funding drying up U.S. largesse toward Ukraine has become an increasingly tough sell to U.S. lawmakers, with months of delays and objections from hard-line Republicans over a $61-billion aid package that was eventually passed in spring.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
His thirty-two-year hard-line dictatorship witnessed political assassinations and the violent suppression of human rights by his army.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
My sense is Purdy will not make a hard-line stand for a record contract, but agree to a more team-friendly structure, in Tom Brady-esque fashion.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
The likelihood of funding drying up U.S. largesse toward Ukraine has become an increasingly tough sell to U.S. lawmakers, with months of delays and objections from hard-line Republicans over a $61-billion aid package that was eventually passed in spring.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
His thirty-two-year hard-line dictatorship witnessed political assassinations and the violent suppression of human rights by his army.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
My sense is Purdy will not make a hard-line stand for a record contract, but agree to a more team-friendly structure, in Tom Brady-esque fashion.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-line. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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