sympathizers

plural of sympathizer

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Recent Examples of sympathizers Instead, as would later happen in Kansas and Nebraska, slaveowners and Southern sympathizers on the one hand and abolitionists and Free-Soilers on the other all flocked to California to try to tip the political scales in their favor. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 But Thomas and Erika are no fools, coolly telling off smiling Hitler sympathizers during a tony reception. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The Cornell administration that gave leniency to these boys are at best sympathizers who valued those boys’ lives over Jane Doe’s. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026 At the time, I was preoccupied with a Department of Homeland Security warning that Iranian actors and sympathizers could target the US with cyberattacks. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2026 Yet under the guidance of the shadowy Newin Chidchob, Bhumjaithai has gradually become a force in Thai politics and a crucial ally of the monarchy and its sympathizers. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 Conspiracy theories have been central to this dynamic as widespread misinformation on social media has drawn in new gender critical sympathizers across the political spectrum. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 Unfortunately, not all DSA members and sympathizers are as forthright about their intentions as Romer. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026 Bečov Castle, near the German border, was confiscated by Czechoslovakia after World War II because its owners, the Beaufort-Spontin family, were labeled Nazi sympathizers. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sympathizers
Noun
  • Transgender-rights supporters marched through downtown Seattle Thursday after Washington voters approved a measure barring biological males from girls’ K–12 interscholastic sports, setting up a potential court battle over the new restrictions.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • That moment encapsulated the night between Brooks and his supporters.
    — Rashad Alexander November 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Call it a reverse Pepé Le Pew, flattening Anglo-American icons to give some space not only to de Gaulle but to his internal antagonists and allies and to the French people themselves.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Russia, however, accuses America's European NATO allies of being a party to the war Putin launched more than a decade ago, and ramped up significantly with the ongoing full-scale invasion in February 2022.
    — Mariia Kashchenko, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026

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“Sympathizers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sympathizers. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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