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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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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

Tommy O'Brien is named on the left wing in Farrell's only backline change.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

O'Brien impressed after replacing the injured James Lowe on the left wing in Ireland's thumping win over England, but Jacob Stockdale was preferred for last week's defeat of Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The Dragon King had spread his left wing outward to reveal the wound in his side.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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