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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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Doing such a thing again, was a possibility, Baldelli acknowledged, especially with the lefties the Tigers have in their lineup, but after initially listing Friday’s starter as TBA, the Twins ended up opting for Festa.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
28 June 2025
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Pomeranz, a 36-year-old lefty who had not pitched in the majors since 2021, has struck out 20 and walked six in 21 ⅔ innings.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Two neon pinks out of five. Money Inc. vs. The Natural Disasters Man, some powerful mullets at work in this one.—
Rory Appleton,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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This is a full-sensory experience with everything from the whir of roller skates on a retro rink to enough pink to make a flamingo blush.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The Gestapo, or secret police, were often members of the Einsatzgruppen, essentially mobile killing squads who carried out the murders of Jews, Romani and communists in Eastern Europe.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
15 June 2025
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Much of the story — about Murrow’s conflict with Senator Joseph McCarthy over his ongoing communist witch hunt — even played out on TV, via the anchor’s nightly newscasts.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 June 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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The typical commie solution: Tax the rich, tax the corporations, make everything for the people free.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2024
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And, sure, the message of affordability does resonate, but Democrats have worked for years, since the 2020 campaign, to not be associated as socialists, to not be associated to some of these positions that Mamdani has talked about, like defunding ICE, defunding the police.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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Ogles railed against the democratic socialist's win in social media posts.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 June 2025
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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