YOUNG TURKS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

young Turks

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plural of young Turk

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Two common types of plastic — polyethylene and polypropylene, used widely to make food containers, packaging, milk jugs and bottle caps — produced the most hydroxyl radicals detected by the researchers.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The riots and looting across France might have been supported by leftist radicals, but National Rally leader Marine Le Pen stands to be the greatest beneficiary when the dust eventually settles.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of radicals

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Muslim students should not be expected to answer for extremists who claim to speak in the name of Islam.

— Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
The groups similarly present themselves as armed community defenders against the government or right-wing extremists, but continue to find members who get in trouble with law enforcement.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of extremists

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The rebels recently seized more territory along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The rebels urged their forces to continue fighting and called on Tigrayans to support them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebels

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Gavroche and the insurgents of 1832—the wretched who became rioters—were ready to die defending a particular vision of the republic against the July Monarchy and the usurper Louis-Philippe.

— Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Ethiopia also accuses Eritrea of supporting insurgents and occupying Ethiopian territory, allegations the AP could not independently verify.

— KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of insurgents

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But, even then, American socialists walked a fine line—they were considered too radical for the mainstream and a mere bourgeois affectation by committed class revolutionaries.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
That’s what Robespierre and other revolutionaries taught us in 1789.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of revolutionaries

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Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez also cited agitators moving between schools to encourage violence.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Advertisement As protests intensified, state media unleashed a frenzied smear campaign, casting Egyptian protesters as foreign agents and outside agitators.

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

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