hard-line
adjective
: advocating or involving a rigidly uncompromising course of action
a hard-line policy
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a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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Iran’s foreign minister struck a hard-line tone Sunday, vowing Tehran will maintain its uranium enrichment program despite Western pressure.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, hard-line Republicans also threatened to hold the package up in hopes of attaching an unrelated bill that would require a proof of citizenship in federal elections known as the SAVE Act.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2026
That hard-line stance came as some House Democrats voiced opposition to the stopgap funding for DHS, which was a compromise granted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in order to scrap the original bill funding the agency.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 2 Feb. 2026
Pezeshkian has blamed the West and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for stoking tensions within Iran, the country’s Student News Network, a hard-line news website close to the regime, reported Saturday.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, hard-line Republicans also threatened to hold the package up in hopes of attaching an unrelated bill that would require a proof of citizenship in federal elections known as the SAVE Act.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2026
That hard-line stance came as some House Democrats voiced opposition to the stopgap funding for DHS, which was a compromise granted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in order to scrap the original bill funding the agency.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 2 Feb. 2026
Pezeshkian has blamed the West and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for stoking tensions within Iran, the country’s Student News Network, a hard-line news website close to the regime, reported Saturday.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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