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reactionary

[ree-ak-shuh-ner-ee] / riˈæk ʃəˌnɛr i /




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Pickford also won the competition's save-of-the-season award for a second time last season following a remarkable reactionary stop, external from Sandro Tonali's volley to secure Everton's 3-2 win at St James' Park in February.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Policymakers also must avoid reactionary laws that do more harm than good.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

We need a coordinated maritime security framework that goes beyond reactionary naval escorts to include long-term diplomatic and economic safeguards.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

And I sure don’t underestimate L.A.’s middle-class malaise, long a reactionary force in city politics with a winning track record that spans decades.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

He said he would bring out a reactionary force if I needed one.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Deeply discount the moaning of Hollywood reactionaries and certain podcasters trying to edge themselves into the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

The more nuanced of the reactionaries instead talk about carrots and sticks.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2023

We meet the Bollywood fan, the intense scientific genius, the band of cultural reactionaries, the Indian folklore cosplayers and so on.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2022

These young edgy reactionaries, she wrote, are associated with the buzzy but mostly nominal downtown Manhattan “Dimes Square” scene.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2022

But he was by far the most original of the reactionaries who preceded the Romantic Revival, and he caught far more of the Elizabethan air in his lyric verse than any one else before Coleridge.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various




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