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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
Noun
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The Padres will deploy lefty reliever Wandy Peralta as an opener Friday night.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Fellow prospects Payton Tolle (No. 2) and Connelly Early (No. 6), both lefties, are also in Triple-A and could emerge as options as well.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What makes this collab even more of a match made in heaven is that both share a love for the color pink.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
7 Aug. 2025
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To complement the bright pink of the dress, Clooney wore gold accessories, including metallic high-heel sandals and pearl drop earrings.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What’s surprising is the utter disregard — willfully or naively — for blatant flaws in the communist worldview, where Big Government controls our destiny at the expense of a free market that made New York prosperous and appealing to college graduates in the first place.—
Luka Ladan,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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In the days since his victory, Mamdani has faced attacks from Republicans and conservatives for his faith as a Muslim, been falsely labeled a communist, and received a tepid welcome from many mainstream Democrats.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
Noun
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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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In the midst of the Floyd protests, an unknown 28-year-old democratic socialist named Zohran Mamdani was elected to the State Assembly seat that represents Astoria.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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Mamdani, a Ugandan immigrant and Democratic socialist, was recently criticized for previous posts condemning local police in 2020, a year filled with racial tensions and reports of police brutality.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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