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Towns like Savyntsi are getting help from a loose movement of nonprofits and zealous volunteers such as Markevych, the psychologist who founded the Mobile School of Resilience three years ago.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025 -
The portrait that emerges from Kroll’s reporting is that of a man who is equal parts government technocrat, political operator and zealous iconoclast.—
Lisa Riordan Seville,
ProPublica,
17 Oct. 2025
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When and how this messianic revolution would come about was up for debate and speculation, but large segments of the population, based on specific prophecies in the Hebrew Bible, believed that the time was at hand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Much was remarkable about the event—the huge turnout, the alternating notes of forgiveness and retribution, the generally messianic atmosphere—but something that Pete Hegseth, the Fox host turned Pentagon chief, said onstage stood out to me.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Crusading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusading. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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