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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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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

The hosts, only four points down at that stage, had a clear two-on-one 30m out down the left wing.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Barcola, who will wear the number 29 shirt at Anfield, prefers to play on the left wing but can operate across the forward line.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

When his left wing was sealed to the straps, Daedalus began working on the right.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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

The incumbent, veteran left-wing leader Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, will be challenged by 11 candidates, the most prominent of whom is right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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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