lefties

plural of lefty

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Noun
  • Lewis George's campaign has been compared to last year's elections of other democratic socialists, such as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, by supporters and critics alike.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Messaging on the right frames democratic socialists as dangerously radical.
    Will Lennon, ABC News, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • What better way to distinguish God-fearing Americans from the godless communists of the Soviet Union than to put God on the money?
    David Williamson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • In the years following, Beijing funded or armed fellow communists in Vietnam, North Korea, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, causing panic in Washington and other Western capitals as the ideological struggles of the Cold War rippled across Asia.
    Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
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“Lefties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lefties. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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