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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Teachers unions, long derided by conservatives as one of the primary vectors of left-wing ideology into public education, have significant influence over the MSBA.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026 -
After the failure of the Reagan Amnesty to stem the flow, many rank-and-file conservatives no longer trusted Congress or the Executive Branch to safeguard our borders.—
Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
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Verbeek and coach Joel Quenneville’s defense corps now features three veterans on the right side and a younger mix, with LaCombe, Pavel Mintyukov and Olen Zellweger, on the left.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
7 Mar. 2026
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Some senior veterans on Long Island are travelling the world again without leaving their nursing home.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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The rediscovery drew on fossils, museum specimens, Indigenous ecological knowledge, wildlife photography shared on a public platform, and years of professional research.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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For decades, those fossils were the only evidence these species had ever existed.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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