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left wing



left-wing
ADJECTIVE
liberal or radical
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NOUN
person or group favoring usually radical change
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He could plug Gio Reyna into Pulisic’s playmaking spot on the left wing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Despite a huge parliamentary majority, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces stiff resistance to spending cuts from his Labour Party’s left wing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“Thankfully, I had been observing and watching everything. But I was reading the script off-stage and then someone would push me onstage and say, ‘I’ll meet you stage left, wing one.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

It was the third successive game against Spain that James has started on the left wing, having also been a standout performer in England's victory over them in the Women's Nations League last year.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

It didn’t help, though—soon the entire left wing was blazing and the plane began to fill with smoke.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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