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Recent Examples of pinko
My general experience with campaigns is that winning candidates are almost always those who attack their opponents remorselessly and relentlessly — those who convince the voters that the other guy is a racist, a pinko, a warmonger, a coward, a crook, a greedy capitalist, whatever.
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Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinko
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Petro, a leftist who was a member of a rebel group in his youth, has attempted to stage peace talks with Colombia’s remaining rebel groups under a strategy known as total peace.—
Manuel Rueda,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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In nearby Venezuela, the rise of President Hugo Chávez, a leftist, in 1999 meant oil and aid began flowing again.—
Carmen Sesin,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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Senior lefty Cannon Madej (Southwestern Illinois) leads a pitching staff that has some holes to fill around him.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Fitts has made three Cactus League starts for his new club, but Clarke won’t be game-ready until June; in February the Cardinals announced that the lefty, who reached High-A Greenville last season, underwent surgery to address an aneurysm in his pitching arm.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Neutral nail devotees can easily shift to a pastel yellow manicure—which plays just as nicely with your spring wardrobe as a classic pale pink.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
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Elevate it further with Indress’s powder-pink brooch and Toteme’s minimalist white heeled sandals.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Unhumans uses the term communists interchangeably with progressives and Cultural Marxists (the modern right’s term for anyone who believes in left-of-center ideas about race, gender, and sexuality).—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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The politically insurgent son of one of America’s wealthiest families, a staunch communist and sworn enemy of the plutocratic environment he was born and raised in, creates a revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts so as to fight against capitalism from within.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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That film also saw the president's plane hijacked by dirty rotten commies (Gary Oldman this time instead of Nancy Stephens) and, just like with Pleasence, the President of the United States is ushered into an escape pod.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who won election after pledging to make the city more affordable for middle-class residents, ran on universal child care.—
Moriah Balingit,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who won election after pledging to make the city more affordable for middle-class residents, ran on universal child care.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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