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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
Noun
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The lefty, who pitched for Minnesota from 2020-22, had a 2.12 ERA in 33 relief outings with the Orioles in 2024.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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All five of Rosario’s big-league homers to date have come against lefties (1.21 OPS vs. .372 OPS vs. righties).—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The predominant green hues often seen in auroras are characteristic of oxygen, while nitrogen can produce purples, blues and pinks.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Think pale pinks, yellows, purples, blues, and greens, Krawiec says.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Qin’s father was a watchmaker servicing the Omegas and Rolexes of China’s communist elites during the 1960s and 70s, and Qin went on to teach himself watchmaking, even building special tools and machines to refine the finishing.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
28 Dec. 2024
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The modern nation dates back to 1949, when the Chinese nationalist party known as the Kuomintang (KMT), led by Chiang Kai-shek, fled the mainland after being defeated by Mao Zedong’s communists.—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton play the titular socialists and Jack Nicholson shows up to play Eugene O’Neill (offering an unintentional preview of Something’s Gotta Give).—
Kevin Lincoln,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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Grant, who was born in Guyana, was a charismatic socialist with a national following.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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