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 killing sparked a tense national debate over partisan rhetoric and politically motivated violence, with many conservatives calling for the firing of otherwise non-public figures who celebrated Kirk's death or spoke ill of him in some way.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025 -
Both started out as pretty firm conservatives, but eventually saw the court transform into a far more conservative group of justices.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
27 Sep. 2025
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The training is directed at community leaders, social workers, civil servants and others who may have frequent interactions with veterans.—
Claire Harbage,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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For example, an observational study published in June in the found that older veterans who received RSV shots were about 80 percent less likely to develop an infection, visit an emergency department or urgent care or be hospitalized compared with unvaccinated veterans.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
23 Sep. 2025
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Examination of fossils found in the Papo Seco Formation in Portugal in 2016 uncovered a species dubbed Cariocecus bocagei, a medium-sized iguanodontian, according to the paper, published last week in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The fossils include the back half of the skull, a significant portion of the spines, parts of rib, shoulder blades, and bones of the front flipper, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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