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activist

noun as in abolitionist

noun as in militant

noun as in propagandist

noun as in protestor

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Then imagine a Congress seated in January 2027 with even more lawmakers guaranteed reelection and concerned mainly with appeasing their party’s activist base.

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And he feels it has become next to impossible for activists to wage the types of shareholder fights he loves and that have made him a fortune.

Many are established parties, but some of the movements vying for seats in the March 2026 vote were formed by youth activists who helped launch the anti-corruption protests that shook the country earlier this year.

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There is no official data of state corruption losses, but activists estimate it to be billions of dollars over several decades.

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An activist investor could challenge the deal, which requires majority shareholder approval from Kimberly-Clark and is set to close in the second half of next year.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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