loyalists

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Cunningham said the exhibition -- Revolution 250 -- also brought forward voices often absent from traditional accounts, including indigenous peoples, black loyalists and enslaved individuals.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

The strategy allows him to install loyalists quickly while avoiding prolonged scrutiny of their qualifications.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

It was packed with loyalists willing Sir Keir on.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

As ever, the loyalists will go where the money talks.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

At nineteen he married a rich widow fourteen years his senior, but at the outbreak of revolution in the colonies he unwisely sided with the loyalists, for a time spying on their behalf.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson