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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Washington urged us to think as Americans first, not partisans.—
Janet Nguyen,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025 -
The cumulative effect is a Congress dominated by out-of-touch partisans more focused on tearing down the other side than governing and addressing the complicated problems facing citizens and the nation.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Abbas, as the head of the Palestinian Authority, has been at odds with Hamas since the Islamist militants won municipal elections and forced their more moderate rivals out of Gaza in 2007.—
Andrea Mitchell,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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Festival delegates alongside local activists hosted a demonstration of over 3,000 people last Saturday at the festival’s main gala venue in protest against the violence in Gaza.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some activists devoted to ending gun violence had to look twice at the source of the ads for firearms training that flashed on their computer screens.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Today’s moral crusaders assume an elementary cause-and-effect relationship between books and readers.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Yet that doesn’t stop the continuing argument between true believers in both camps.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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Because primaries are partisan in nature, the folks who are most likely to turn out are true believers.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Red hots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20hots. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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