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Recent Examples of hard-line Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s decision on Thursday to reject key Medicaid cuts in the bill enraged hard-line Republicans, who called on Senate leaders to overrule or fire the longtime Senate referee. Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 26 June 2025 Indeed, regime change might look more like a hard-line coup than anything else. Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 24 June 2025 Some lawmakers, including hard-line conservatives and key progressives, are calling the U.S. strikes a breach of the Constitution,. Susan Miller, USA Today, 24 June 2025 In 2009, his father, a cleric, ran for the Presidency, as did the former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, to defeat the hard-line incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Robin Wright, New Yorker, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard-line
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Adjective
  • The train itself is powered by energy-efficient DX-class diesel-electric locomotives, and the carrier maintains strict environmental protocols, including waste minimization and recycling practices on board.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Officials accomplished this by re-evaluating risk, putting strict limits on how long a person can be held in isolation and expanding behavioral health programs.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Experimental adoption is fine, as long as it's paired with rigorous due diligence and clearly defined outcomes.
    Stephanie Domas, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Hunting was off limits, as was trapping or poisoning, and the listing included rigorous habitat protections.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025

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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-line. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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