prodders

noun

Definition of proddersnext
plural of prodder
as in radicals

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  1. radicals
  2. extremists
  3. insurgents
  4. troublemakers
  5. promoters
  6. boosters
Noun
  • In fact, the group’s radicals are likely to be emboldened.
    Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The Black Panther Party in the late 1960s organized Puerto Rican radicals and Confederate flag-waving white Southerner transplants to help tackle poverty and discrimination in Chicago — an effort that drew attention from the FBI.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of radicals
Noun
  • Domestic violent extremists could also target voting locations, ballot drop boxes, voter registration locations, political rallies, campaign events and political party offices, and could target the homes of public officials.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Officials went into more detail about the threat that election officials face from domestic violent extremists.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of extremists
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  • The group committed multiple attacks in August that killed more than 50 people, to which authorities responded by killing 21 insurgents in the province.
    Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • American political violence is unlikely to manifest in the form of civil war, at least understood as two rival armies standing toe to toe on battlefields or as hundreds of thousands of armed insurgents roaming the country.
    Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • Or deck out your house with nifty security devices like video doorbells and indoor cameras to keep an eye on pets, kids, and other troublemakers.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The company blamed those missteps on data voids and online troublemakers deliberately trying to steer its AI technology in a wrong direction.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of troublemakers
Noun
  • Customer Creators Turning real customers into long-term social promoters for your brand has become a huge trend recently.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • According to Ticketmaster’s website, promoters and artists set prices, which can either be fixed or based on demand.
    Esha Mitra, Alex Stambaugh and Teele Rebane, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of promoters
Noun
  • SpaceX’s powerful Starship rocket lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, on its fifth test flight last Sunday — and this time, the trial demonstrated the rapid recovery and reusability of its rocket boosters through an unprecedented feat of engineering.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
  • To further calm analyst and investor fears, Netflix does have a few likely bottom-line boosters coming this quarter.
    David Bloom, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of boosters
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