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a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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Burns cited rising violent crime as a justification for the move, positioning Huntington Beach against some of Governor Gavin Newsom's policies, while supporting the Trump administration's hard-line stance on immigration.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Netanyahu has repeatedly threatened to resume the war, as demanded by the hard-line partners in his governing coalition.
—Josef Federman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Trump’s hard-line moves against Canada make even less sense than his shows of force against China and Mexico.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
And the architect of this administration’s immigration policy is Stephen Miller, who in the past has promoted hard-line views by citing the work of white-nationalist websites, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Netanyahu has repeatedly threatened to resume the war, as demanded by the hard-line partners in his governing coalition.
—Josef Federman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Trump’s hard-line moves against Canada make even less sense than his shows of force against China and Mexico.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
And the architect of this administration’s immigration policy is Stephen Miller, who in the past has promoted hard-line views by citing the work of white-nationalist websites, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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