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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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However, De Goede restored her side's lead three minutes later and completed her hat-trick just after the hour-mark before Savannah Bauder danced down the left wing to put Canada out of sight.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Arsenal's summer was dominated by talk of their search for an elite forward, with the left wing one of the positions identified.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Three minutes from time, Canada mounted an attack from halfway after a fumble put Harrison's clearing kick under pressure, and replacement Seumanutafa charged down the left wing to complete the comeback.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Delta Air Lines Flight 7 was taxiing for departure when its left wing clipped Air Canada Flight 785’s horizontal stabilizer at around 10:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He preened, his left wing lightly touching my scarred cheek.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

It’s true that the ad didn’t come from El-Sayed’s campaign; a left-wing commentator named Cenk Uygur, who happens to be Piker’s uncle, posted it online.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles, met Bass in the 1970s, when both were left-wing community organizers participating in the Coalition Against Police Abuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

It’s a pathway in part inspired by New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s outsider campaign was an inspiration for one of Europe’s most left-wing leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

There has been an interesting subplot with Gordon and Rashford competing for a left-wing space for England and effectively Barcelona.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

For Hoover, that included getting his agents—often called G-men—to monitor left-wing activists.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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