rabble-rousing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabble-rousing
Adjective
  • Both Medicaid and Medicare are fiscally unsustainable in their current forms, yet Democrats continue their demagogic attacks because scoring political points always trumps fiscal responsibility.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • One expendable named Mickey (Robert Pattinson) is part of a mission to colonize a distant planet, under the authority of a sleazily predatory and demagogic politician, Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo).
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Some worried that freeing all of them, including criminals convicted of violence or seditious conspiracy, would backfire.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Three other fellow Proud Boys found guilty of seditious conspiracy were sentenced shortly before Tarrio to prison terms of 15 to 18 years.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Rabble-rousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabble-rousing. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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