as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas
the stuffed shirts in this organization don't seem to realize that without new blood our extinction is inevitable
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The owner of Butterworth’s, the hangout spot for young conservatives on Capitol Hill, agrees that crime is a major problem not only for businesses but for the public’s safety.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Following intense backlash from conservatives, the graphic was removed, and the museum issued an apology.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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The front office acquired a pair of veterans in free agency in Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, along with nabbing Jaxson Dart on draft night.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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The partial skeleton was found in the Shiwandashan Basin of the Wangmen Formation -- a geological rock unit in southern China that contains fossils from the Jurassic period -- near the Mingjiang River, the researchers said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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The ideal case would be to find a terrestrial meteorite containing organic molecules, or conceivably micro-fossils, from a time that Earth’s own geological record has not preserved, says Crawford.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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