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polemist

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Definition of polemist

as in attack dog

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Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is best known for his role as a partisan attack dog for the president.

— Eric McDaniel, NPR, 11 June 2026
Activists detained when their flotilla attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza say they have been mistreated at the hands of Israeli soldiers, describing beatings, tasers and attack dogs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026

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Foer, to his credit, is a reporter—and a very good one—more than a polemicist.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Justice Kagan has sometimes been viewed as a strategist rather than a polemicist, who tries to forge agreements with the Court’s more moderate conservative members.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026

Definition of polemicist

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That would be impressive enough, but don’t forget that year’s edition of the team also had UFA hired guns Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull.

— Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Every four years, ambitious consultants and hired guns sit down with aspiring presidents and sell them a lie.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Aug. 2023

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