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Recent Examples of solidly
Moore is now running for reelection in Utah's solidly red 2nd District.
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Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The seat is rated as solidly Democratic by forecasters and McAdams will face Republican Riley Owen, who ran unopposed, this November.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The tech-heavy Nasdaq , meanwhile, is solidly in the red.
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Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
New York’s Twelfth District, which spans the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, midtown, and Chelsea, is one of the richest, smallest, and most solidly Democratic districts in the country.
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Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Spain, Belgium and Uruguay are set to play and are all solidly favored.
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Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Spain remains solidly second on the international rankings.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
In the meantime, Gallagher will continue his fight to keep the 1st Congressional District red after Proposition 50 redistricting redrew its boundaries, adding portions of solidly democratic Mendocino and Sonoma counties and removing conservative Shasta and Sutter counties.
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Haley Parsley
june 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
The combative family dispute is playing out against the backdrop of MAGA politics in Ohio and has become an issue in Miller’s campaign for reelection in what has been considered a solidly Republican congressional seat.
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Pamela Brown,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The seat is rated as solidly Democratic by forecasters and McAdams will face Republican Riley Owen, who ran unopposed, this November.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The tech-heavy Nasdaq , meanwhile, is solidly in the red.
—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
New York’s Twelfth District, which spans the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, midtown, and Chelsea, is one of the richest, smallest, and most solidly Democratic districts in the country.
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Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Spain, Belgium and Uruguay are set to play and are all solidly favored.
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Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Spain remains solidly second on the international rankings.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
In the meantime, Gallagher will continue his fight to keep the 1st Congressional District red after Proposition 50 redistricting redrew its boundaries, adding portions of solidly democratic Mendocino and Sonoma counties and removing conservative Shasta and Sutter counties.
—
Haley Parsley
june 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
The combative family dispute is playing out against the backdrop of MAGA politics in Ohio and has become an issue in Miller’s campaign for reelection in what has been considered a solidly Republican congressional seat.
—
Pamela Brown,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solidly
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Director David Anspaugh, whose resume includes small-town basketball tale Hoosiers and against-all-odds college football biopic Rudy, sticks rigidly to his sporting underdog formula, only skimming the surface of the David-versus-Goliath encounter.
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The Hurricanes play a rigidly structured brand of hockey that makes the game easier to read and anticipate for the goaltender.
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If that’s not impressive enough, it’s made from 100 percent cotton, so you’re guaranteed to sleep soundly all year long.
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Orbán was soundly defeated in the April election by a center-right challenger, Péter Magyar and his Tisza party.
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Core Millennials — born in the late 1980s and early 1990s, squarely in the middle of their generation — graduated into the teeth of the 2008 financial crisis.
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This sits squarely within the company’s broader premiumization strategy.
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On this resolutely French island, the interior showcases Italian classic modernism, with furniture by Molteni and a sculptural Minotti kitchen.
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But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer center in Palo Alto, the boy climbed resolutely into the chair of a first-of-its-kind treatment device, focused for the task ahead.
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The rain is coming down pretty steadily and many fans are dressed in ponchos.
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In Alaska, Arizona and forests all over the world, tree scientists are steadily adding to a vast collection of data that chronicles natural disasters of the past and offers clues to the future.
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The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.
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Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.
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The chaotic conclusion nearly overshadowed what Gray had done earlier, striking out nine and shutting down the Yankees emphatically for 7 1/3 innings as Boston clung to a 2-0 advantage.
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During the work-in-progress session Brooke emphatically doubled down.
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The county has steadfastly avoided taking a position on the district attorney’s freeze request, determined not to blow up a settlement that officials want over and done with.
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In internal messaging to staff, Bunch has steadfastly asserted the Institution’s independence, while not mentioning Trump by name.
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