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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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However, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already blasted Peltola as a radical leftist in a new 45-second ad.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Jan. 2026
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Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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At 5-11, 230 pounds, Valdez is a stocky lefty with a good array of pitches.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The Angels previously replaced him as the top lefty in the bullpen by signing Drew Pomeranz earlier this winter.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Assisting in that effort is the fact that the stainless steel piece is powder-coated in an eye-popping pink.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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Every detail is carefully considered, right down to the moon-like globe lighting (which we're told is meant to emulate the bulbs surrounding a starlet's dressing room mirrors), and a calming palette of forest greens, powder pinks and deep blues gives the space a classic yet contemporary feel.—
Cassie Doney,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Jan. 2026
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Putin's cameo was trailed last year by Yuliana Slashcheva, chair of the board of Soyuzmultfilm studio, who said Russia sells its cartoons to former communist and Middle Eastern countries and is looking to grow its presence in China.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
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Maduro’s capture is a seismic reversal of fortune for Cuba’s communist-run government, which for decades has relied on massive aid packages from its oil-rich South American ally for the island’s very survival.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 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
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King was a democratic socialist who was suspicious of unfettered capitalism.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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This gives the president and the feds power to dictate corporate policy — a longstanding goal of democratic socialists.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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