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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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That includes Valentín, a leftist whose own dreams of revolution have been cut short by the dictatorship’s crackdowns.—
Blythe Marks,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
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His cultural critiques were unmistakably right-wing, but his scorn for the corporatization of universities might have come from the mouth of a disaffected leftist.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The right-hander out of Florida was Boston’s next player taken after Tolle and was selected ahead of fifth-round lefty Brandon Clarke, who spent time this past year in Baseball America’s Top 100, but Neely didn’t pitch at all in 2025 due to forearm tightness.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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As a 6-foot lefty, Young has been labeled by some as the G League’s Jalen Brunson because of some similarities in their games.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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To achieve professional-looking velvet nails, keep in mind that the most intense tones (such as reds, greens, or blues amplify the depth), while in soft colors like gray, beige or powdered pink, the texture becomes more discreet but just as elegant.—
Laura Solla,
Glamour,
25 Oct. 2025
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That show was significant to her for another reason, too — Jenner wore her hair in natural waves, which faded into a hot pink at the ends.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Demobilized soldiers flocked to the paramilitary organizations that all major parties maintained, from the Nazi Stormtroopers (SA) to the conservative Steel Helmet League to the communists’ Red Front Fighters’ Association.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Between 1950 and 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy's lists of communists were actually just targets.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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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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With key figures like Governor KathyHochul and Speaker of the New York State Assembly Carl Heastie already on board, Jeffries’ endorsement isolates remaining holdouts and underscores the growing influence of Democratic socialists in mainstream politics.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The socialist also took the time to address Trump directly and attack Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in the process.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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