dissident
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In one message, club leaders warned members of “an improper email blast” from a dissident group.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Dong is not the first Chinese dissident to flee across the sea to South Korea.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
In the immediate aftermath of the brutal 1989 crackdown on students who had protested in Tiananmen Square, dissident astrophysicist Fang Lizhi sought refuge in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Boutcher said his officers suspect the bombing was carried out by the dissident republican group known as the New IRA.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The nearest thing classical music had to a genuine political dissident in the 1930s was the Hungarian modernist Bela Bartok.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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