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Recent Examples of pinko
My general experience with campaigns is that winning candidates are almost always those who attack their opponents remorselessly and relentlessly — those who convince the voters that the other guy is a racist, a pinko, a warmonger, a coward, a crook, a greedy capitalist, whatever.
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Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinko
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The Phillies could provide Kepler and Brandon Marsh, another lefty who has not hit lefty pitchers, with regular at-bats in the season’s initial months before determining whether one of them has to be platooned.Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Scott could take on the lefties late in the game while Diaz handles the innings filled with righties.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Her design features a striking palette of bold pinks, deep reds, chartreuses and lush greens, each bead meticulously hand-sewn to create a visual symphony that captures both the vibrancy of New Orleans and the dignity of Black Masking culture.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hairstylist Kevin Kelly and makeup guru Darian Marie Horn gave Rachel a glam look, her dark locks pulled back in a relaxed updo with flowing waves and her cheeks and lips kissed with the softest of pinks.Dave Quinn, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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What’s happening to TikTok is wholly rooted in protectionism, of American political and pundit types who were given life by anti-communism acting as sore losers now that the Chinese people are no longer acting like communists.John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Back then a good communist, like a good Stalinista Democrat today, had to swallow the party line hook, line and sinker lest you be shunned, purged, attacked and drummed out of the party.Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 15 Nov. 2024
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At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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The typical commie solution: Tax the rich, tax the corporations, make everything for the people free.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2024
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Wagner’s a socialist; the F1 paddock is a scene of ultrawealth.Longreads, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
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The dramedy starred Katrin Sass as a devoted socialist with a weak heart who falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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