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Recent Examples of leftist
Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Sometimes that has led decisionmakers to cut deals with non-democratic actors or during the Cold War outright destabilize perceived leftist democracies.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Jan. 2026
American military action could spark a backlash, not just from a public with deep memories of US invasions in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but from Sheinbaum’s leftist Morena party and Mexico’s staunchly nationalist army.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump, at the Mar-a-Lago press conference on Saturday, blamed past presidents for fighting far-off wars while allowing leftist regimes in America’s vicinity to fester.
—Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
But Greene went further, appearing in her own advertisement holding a rifle beside images of the leftist lawmakers known as the Squad.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Venezuela’s intelligence agencies in the 1990s identified him as a leftist radical with close ties to the Cuban government.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
Trump’s right-wing ally President Javier Milei of Argentina celebrated the operation, while leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned American actions and warned of the sharp repercussions of past American interventions in Latin America.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Mamdani acknowledged people, including those outside the five boroughs, want to see how a leftist will manage a municipal government.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Another leftist would not lead Brazil until the 2003 election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is once again the nation's head after winning the 2023 election.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
That includes Valentín, a leftist whose own dreams of revolution have been cut short by the dictatorship’s crackdowns.
—Blythe Marks, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
These early experiences made Janion a lifelong leftist and, at first, an eager member of the ruling communist party.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
For much of his career, Riggio was seen as something of a corporate villain because of his company’s impact on independent bookstores — a reputation that Riggio, a lifelong leftist, felt was deeply unfair.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Oct. 2025
Tyler Robinson, 22, an extreme leftist who hated Kirk, has been charged with Kirk’s murder.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
In his Monday monologue, Kimmel took on right-wing pundits who were looking to frame the shooter who killed pundit Charlie Kirk as a leftist, when the alleged killer’s actual motivation is still unclear.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Advertisement In Chile, another leftist, President Gabriel Boric, has endured broad criticism over his government’s inability to address the country’s rising murder rate.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
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The election of Jimmy Carter was the apex of leftist Christianity in America.
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Over the music, Lymberopoulos made sure to tell me that most Greek people in Astoria weren’t this leftist.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftist
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But Jennings' liberal attitude toward the airing of his opinions, regardless of their content, almost cost him the job.—
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But in years since, the district has grown more liberal.—
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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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Suárez’s a classic lefty in the best sense.—
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On the baseball diamond, a future Hall of Fame lefty named Randy Johnson was getting his start with the Indians along with local legend Razor Shines.—
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Most parents’ responses are reactionary in nature.—
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What’s up with reactionary old French screen legends?—
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And now let’s see how a communist does in New York.—
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Trump has repeatedly referred to the democratic socialist as a communist.—
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One proposal gaining support at least among progressive members is a payroll tax, loosely modeled after a Massachusetts measure, targeting companies that do not offer employees health insurance.—
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It was later discovered Williams had Lewy body dementia, the second-most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease.—
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Across the Hudson River from Kasky’s district, a Jewish democratic socialist named Jake Ephros was elected to Jersey City Council.—
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Trump unleashes the 'Donroe Doctrine' and puts socialists on notice worldwide.—
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Like most conservative economists at the time, Hassett was a staunch deficit hawk, an advocate of higher levels of immigration, and, above all else, an unabashed free trader.—
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The town sees some daylight in the financial calculations it's made, says its estimates are conservative.—
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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