Examples of hard-line in a Sentence
a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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What Happens Next More African nations could sign up to facilitate deportations as a third country as the administration looks to carry out hard-line deportation plans.
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Billal Rahman
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The nation’s immigration courts have become a key focus of Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement efforts.
—Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Over the past two decades, Missouri has moved from being a competitive bellwether state to a deep-red stronghold, with a political environment that rewards the kind of hard-line conservatism and culture-war ethos that Trump prizes.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
There was no hard-line negotiating.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
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Billal Rahman
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The nation’s immigration courts have become a key focus of Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement efforts.
—Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Over the past two decades, Missouri has moved from being a competitive bellwether state to a deep-red stronghold, with a political environment that rewards the kind of hard-line conservatism and culture-war ethos that Trump prizes.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
There was no hard-line negotiating.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard-line
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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