faction

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Whatever their considerations were, there is clearly more than one faction inside the White House and the Department of Justice with a view.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

They say the regime could adapt and survive, perhaps through conservative cleric Ali Asghar Hejazi, Khamenei’s current envoy to the security apparatus, and Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri, the spiritual leader of an ultraradical faction rejecting any democratization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Taylor, from the party's conservative faction, won the secret ballot, 34 votes to 17.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 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

Their Open Trade faction, a minority in the Thirty-Three, opposed the continuation of the Sinoth Valley dispute, and in general represented a conservative, unaggressive, non-nationalistic policy.

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