young Turks

plural of young Turk

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Noun
  • The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Increasingly, however, that tent seems to have room for radicals and ideological extremists while pushing out Democrats who think independently.
    Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Many of these decisions were made so Netanyahu could retain the support of the far-right extremists keeping him in power and avoid a possible jail sentence on corruption charges.
    Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Analysts, including those at the ISP-M, say China has intermittently backed both Myanmar's ruling military, and the rebels that military is battling in the country's civil war, depending on its varying economic and security interests.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The celebratory tours take visitors through the city's historic brick roads and along the bayfront, uncovering colonial stories of East Florida's loyalty to the British, imprisoned founding fathers and patriot rebels.
    Amy Galo, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • In 2022, French forces departed Mali as insurgents made incursions into the capital, Bamako.
    Kaitlyn Rabe, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • The insurgents become known as the Osos (Bears).
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Both then and now, targeting revolutionaries like Dessalines has supported that goal.
    Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • In January, a DHS official sent a memo to some federal immigration agents temporarily assigned to Minneapolis instructing them to collect personal information about protesters and agitators, including license plates, identifications and images, according to CNN reporting.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 June 2026
  • Shocking video captured the moments anti-ICE agitators were arrested outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, Friday, during riotous confrontations.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
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“Young Turks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young%20Turks. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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