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Recent Examples of fundamentalist
The documentary follows Christine Marie, a former fundamentalist who became an expert in cults, and her husband, Tolga Katas, embedding themselves among the Samuelite Group with the hopes of garnering evidence to bring to the police.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
Directed by Dretzin, False Prophet began in earnest with Christine Marie, a former fundamentalist who became an expert in cults, and her videographer husband, Tolga Katas, moving to Short Creek and embedding themselves amongst the local sect.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Becoming fundamentalist Katie, who asked that her last name not to be published for privacy concerns, was born in Texas, deep in the Bible Belt of the Southern United States.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Zig-zagging from a tactical fundamentalist in Amorim to the ultimate pragmatist in the former England boss makes a degree of sense for a club desperate to find stability and show progress.
—Peter South, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
And speaking of God, Heather has been teasing a spooky urban legend all episode about a Mormon fundamentalist who, rumor has it, disappeared into the valley to basically hunt good-time girls.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
Directed by Dretzin, False Prophet began in earnest with Christine Marie, a former fundamentalist who became an expert in cults, and her videographer husband, Tolga Katas, moving to Short Creek and embedding themselves amongst the local sect.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Becoming fundamentalist Katie, who asked that her last name not to be published for privacy concerns, was born in Texas, deep in the Bible Belt of the Southern United States.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Zig-zagging from a tactical fundamentalist in Amorim to the ultimate pragmatist in the former England boss makes a degree of sense for a club desperate to find stability and show progress.
—Peter South, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
And speaking of God, Heather has been teasing a spooky urban legend all episode about a Mormon fundamentalist who, rumor has it, disappeared into the valley to basically hunt good-time girls.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundamentalist
Noun
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There is a certain irony in that nearly all those cited were people of Christian faith — in order of appearance: practicing Catholic; passionate theist; committed Church of Scotland; and lifelong Lutheran.—
Denis Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
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Philosophical critics and subsequent scientific inquiry heaped doubt on Kant’s objectivism, and advancing secularism rendered for many his theist explanation for the morally reasoning immortal soul somewhat antique.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
13 Feb. 2023
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The apocalyptic religious zealots who ran the Iranian police state were on the verge of complete construction of a nuclear bomb.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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Set in the last year of World War II on the remote North Sea island of Amrum, the story is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck), whose zealot mother (Laura Tonke) is raising him as a good Nazi while his father fights in the war.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Industry actress, 29, got soaked in fake blood for her role in the horror-action flick as Maria Reaves (the younger sister to protagonist Asia Reaves, played by Zazie Beetz), as did Graham, 56, who plays a satanic cultist.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
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There’s an incredible sequence where Zazie Beetz’s character fights cultists with a flaming axe.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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