1
as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
political radicals with a militant unwillingness to compromise on any issue
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as in ambitious
having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal
militant protestors refusing to disperse
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as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
militants within the movement insisted that there could be no compromise on the issue
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Recent Examples of militant
CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
The dinner came as war rages in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas after a fragile ceasefire, brokered by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt, was halted in Gaza as Israel pushes the Palestinian militant group to release hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on its southern border.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
Protests in Gaza calling for an end to the war with Israel and for Hamas' ouster gathered momentum Wednesday, with hundreds of demonstrators for a second day displaying rare dissent against the militant group that has run the Palestinian enclave for nearly two decades.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
The militant group has violently cracked down on previous protests.
—Samy Magdy, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
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In September of last year, Israel launched an intense ground and aerial campaign, decimating the militant group’s leadership and killing more than 2,500 in the following months, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
—CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
The dinner came as war rages in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas after a fragile ceasefire, brokered by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt, was halted in Gaza as Israel pushes the Palestinian militant group to release hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on its southern border.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
Protests in Gaza calling for an end to the war with Israel and for Hamas' ouster gathered momentum Wednesday, with hundreds of demonstrators for a second day displaying rare dissent against the militant group that has run the Palestinian enclave for nearly two decades.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
The militant group has violently cracked down on previous protests.
—Samy Magdy, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
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The two were very aggressive from the start of the fight, with a lot of output.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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There are also more aggressive interventions for people with severe allergies who don’t respond to other medicines like desensitization therapy, also known as allergy shots.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
5 Apr. 2025
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When speaking at CinemaCon, Mendes announced that all four biopics will be released in April 2028, and paired the ambitious news by bringing out the cast for the Fab Four on stage.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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The initiatives are too numerous to list, but the ambitious plans emerging from SUNY Albany’s $20 million partnership with IBM are emblematic.—
Sonja Drimmer,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, much of what Newsom talked about was immediately cheered by the very partisans who usually loathe him.—
Lanhee J. Chen,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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But as a matter of context, there is a difference between the principled partisans of the early republic, the professional analysts of the 20th century, and an owner who demands his media outlet’s opinions should be limited to his preferences.—
Joseph Jones,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Jackson estate explicitly wanted nothing about Chandler in the film, so fact that the allegations do appear has led to a fierce internal dispute and extensive reshoots, Deadline has confirmed.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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The sky-high prices caused fierce backlash against Ticketmaster, the country’s biggest ticketing website and concert promoter, from lawmakers who accused the company of acting as a monopoly.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaccine activist and prolific conspiracy theorist, was tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services days after he was reelected president in November.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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With guests like Martin Luther King, Jr., anti-war activist Abbie Hoffman, and artist Salvador Dalí, Griffin was committed to platforming voices many considered taboo, while also inviting on beloved celebrities like Robert De Niro, Grace Kelly, Richard Pryor, and more.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Vieira, elected as an anti-corruption crusader, had supported Bolsonaro in 2018.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The free market crusader transferred $5.3 billion of Koch, Inc.'s nonvoting stock to a pair of nonprofits with fewer restrictions on lobbying and politics than traditional charities from 2020 to 2022.—
Sylvan Lebrun,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Militant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militant. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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