firebrand
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He will vote Reform, believing firebrand leader Nigel Farage is a straight-talker.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
By 2004, he had a falling-out with the government led by the late socialist firebrand Hugo Chávez, whose oil czar, Sargeant said, tried shaking him down for a bribe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Recruiting firebrand poet Ezra Pound as her European talent scout, Anderson began publishing works by T.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
The two complaints were not helping the old firebrand Malcolm X image any, nor were they generating the local public interest that was badly needed by his small, young OAAU.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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