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Recent Examples of counterrevolution
Reynolds also led a counterrevolution against traditional civil rights enforcement and was rewarded when Reagan in 1985 sought to promote him to associate attorney general, the Justice Department’s third-ranking position.
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Ronald Brownstein,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
As part of this textualist counterrevolution, the Court has invented new rules and discarded old ones to second-guess legislative choices.
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Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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Ronald Brownstein,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
As part of this textualist counterrevolution, the Court has invented new rules and discarded old ones to second-guess legislative choices.
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Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterrevolution
counterinsurgency
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The United States almost certainly would have wound up fighting the sort of casualty-heavy counterinsurgency campaign that has led it to costly defeats elsewhere.
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The Peruvian counterinsurgency succeeded due to a strategy that deliberately cut ties between the guerrillas and the drug traffickers.
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“Counterrevolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterrevolution. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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