as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue
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Noun
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Most typically vote like partisans, in favor of their preferred party.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026 -
As one Texas insider explained to me, Cornyn is the national candidate who isn’t exactly loved at home, while Paxton draws adoration from partisans at home who may show up to send a message that what’s happening in Washington is not to their tastes.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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Retaking territory from Shabab Authorities say Somali troops have retaken areas in the regions of Lower Shabelle, Hiiraan, Middle Shabelle and parts of Jubbaland that had been under the militants’ control for years.—
Omar Faruk,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Local police official Zafar Khan said shortly after the suicide bombing, a group of militants tried to sneak into the security post.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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They are often held incommunicado for days or weeks and prevented from contacting family members or lawyers, according to activists monitoring the arrests.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The master planned development drew fire when it was proposed, with some community activists and neighborhood groups concerned about displacement of existing business and residences in East and Southeast Austin.—
Travis Webb,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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Mobs of students and true believers called the Red Guard roamed across the country carrying out the wishes of their leader Mao Zedong.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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So even business leaders who aren’t true believers could ask why risk alienating the famously vindictive, most powerful person in the world — and his army of supporters — when doing so would accomplish little, if anything?—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2026
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To now endure censure by overzealous anti-Pretendian crusaders, and banishment by bureaucratic tribal decrees and reactionary blood-quantum rules, feels particularly bitter.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Red hots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20hots. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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