faction

Example Sentences

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The Makary-Prasad faction treated flexibility as a loophole to be closed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Although he headed the hardline "principlist" faction - committed to the ideological principles of the Islamic revolution - during his first term, Larijani was described in later years as a "moderate conservative".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Now, as the Epstein files come out, the country is watching for evidence that either faction is correct.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Likely between age 8 and 15, she was enslaved by an ethnic Maya faction in present-day Tabasco state, though it is unclear if she was kidnapped or sold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

His speech was often interrupted by members of the Domination faction demanding that the President stop this lunatic, turn him out, and get on with the order of business.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin