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communist

[kom-yuh-nist] / ˈkɒm jə nɪst /


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He went from fighting a communist insurgency in Southeast Asia to serving in a department called the Unit, which wages war using supernatural technology—and supernatural people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

He also said watching his parents rebuild after fleeing communist Vietnam taught him the value of stretching a dollar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The self-proclaimed revolutionary communist has since sent messages to supporters describing himself as a "prisoner of war".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Cibelli said the vibrant software industry in Poland in part comes from lower costs, but also from the country’s long-term affection for Western culture, which began during its communist period that ended in 1989.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

He met Nina Petrovna Kukharchuk, a devoted communist who lectured miners on the basics of communist philosophy.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

In Germany, a democratic revolution toppled the monarchy in 1918, bringing into existence the fragile Weimar Republic, which communists in Moscow hoped would soon succumb to a communist revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Thousands of families are still hoping to reclaim ancestral land that was taken by the communists after World War II, with some claiming ownership over land allocated to the project.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

But in West Bengal and Tripura - once the great bastions of Left power - the communists have been reduced to a shadow of their former self.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Some are capitalists, some are communists, but we’re all Cubans, divided by chance, circumstance and the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

They abhorred McCarthy’s witch hunts for communists and his attacks on civil liberties.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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