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loyalist

[loi-uh-list] / ˈlɔɪ ə lɪst /
NOUN
supporter
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On Thursday, a senior police officer said there was no evidence loyalist paramilitaries were co-ordinating the unrest.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Ceesay got in some mitigating backstory for his otherwise despicable, cyborg-armed Yutani loyalist.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

“Coke Zero is garbage,” Heather Baharestani, a New York advertising executive and Diet Coke loyalist, explained in a text.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

“I tried Diet Coke a few times to much disgust,” Christina Ward, a writer, publisher and Coke Zero loyalist based in Milwaukee, wrote in an email.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Daoud’s loyalist forces were all but defeated, Abdul Qader said in a reassuring tone.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

The strategy allows him to install loyalists quickly while avoiding prolonged scrutiny of their qualifications.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

US Ambassador Sergio Gor, who was previously in charge of staffing the second Trump administration with loyalists, launched the rickshaw campaign in April featuring "iconic American images".

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Analysts say any similar attempt by US special forces to arrest Castro could meet stiff opposition in Cuba, particularly among government loyalists.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Now, people close to her say she’s often indecisive, weighed down by worries over how both Trump and López Obrador’s loyalists will react.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Northern abolitionists like Ralph Waldo Emerson made Brown a martyr, and Southern loyalists got up in arms, quite literally, at the idea that this might be the start of a trend.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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