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a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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There have been daily protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland as progressives rally against the administration’s hard-line policies.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Since it was formed in 1987, Hamas has tethered itself to a hard-line Islamist ideology that does not allow fundamental compromises on issues such as recognition of Israel and the development of Palestine as a secular state.
—Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2025
Takaichi, 64, a hard-line conservative who says her hero is former British leader Margaret Thatcher, was an ally of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who’s cited former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as her hero, has called for strengthening Japan’s military, and taking a tougher stance against China and North Korea.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Since it was formed in 1987, Hamas has tethered itself to a hard-line Islamist ideology that does not allow fundamental compromises on issues such as recognition of Israel and the development of Palestine as a secular state.
—Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2025
Takaichi, 64, a hard-line conservative who says her hero is former British leader Margaret Thatcher, was an ally of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who’s cited former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as her hero, has called for strengthening Japan’s military, and taking a tougher stance against China and North Korea.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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