alarmists

Definition of alarmistsnext
plural of alarmist

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Noun
  • Violent extremists feasted on this great replacement propaganda, using it to justify terror attacks across the West.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Keep the pressure on every single one of these extremists.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For every cultural good, identity has become fused with the object of interest, turning previously normal people leading unremarkable lives into Steak ’n Shake beef-tallow purists, Harry Potter moralists, or cast-iron-pan-cleaning radicals.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Now some Republicans are depicting the No Kings movement as a band of radicals, out of step with mainstream political opinion.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Even the most ardent proponents of AI are concerned.
    Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The proponents of this measure have even admitted unabashedly that this is part of a national effort to divide Coloradoans and drive turnout in the midterm elections.
    Mike Smith, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Eastern Congo has experienced some of its worst violence in years, with M23 rebels seizing large parts of North Kivu and advancing toward the regional capital, Goma, disrupting road links and border crossings.
    Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Border tensions fueling Congo’s crisis President Félix Tshisekedi’s major challenge is the armed conflict in eastern Congo, where the largest city, Goma, has been controlled by rebels since January 2025.
    Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In 2024, insurgents led by now-interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham marched to Damascus and removed Assad from power.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • While serving a tour of duty outside the province of Kandahar in Afghanistan in August of 2011, he was ambushed by Taliban insurgents disguised in Afghan National Army uniforms.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Facing the same majority requirement for Measure E in June could potentially swing the odds in favor of the parcel tax’s advocates.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Many housing advocates blamed Wall Street firms buying up homes for a post-pandemic surge in housing costs.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The book looked at the world of Bad Bridgets, a swath of Irish women emigrants that were deemed troublemakers, noting that for a time Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
  • My great-grandfather said that the next day, the whole town celebrated because the troublemakers were gone.
    Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Leo’s visit, in December, to Lebanon, which is home to one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, dating back to the time of the apostles Peter and Paul, now looks adroitly timed.
    Paul Elie, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The washing of feet harkens back to how Jesus washed the feet of his apostles during the Last Supper.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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