confederate

Example Sentences

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"I feel the confederate flag should not be flown at all. It is a racist symbol and it makes me feel disrespected," she said.

From Salon

For example, in the “door holding” experiment, 87 percent of students held the door for a white confederate versus 82 percent who did so for a Black confederate.

From Scientific American

Most important, Trump and his high-level confederates have not been arrested or charged with any crime.

From Salon

Others, including the Jan. 6 coup leaders and their confederates, can also be punished under the law — if the Biden administration and the Department of Justice muster the courage and principle to do so.

From Salon

Instead of applying that doctrine to find and kill bin Laden and his confederates, the inexperienced George W. Bush agreed with conservative fanatics who said we could buy our way into capturing our enemies.

From Salon