monger
Example Sentences
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Fear mongering around "dangerousness" ensures the carceral system's success and necessity.
From Salon
“After centuries of being targeted for not being ‘American enough’ and viewed with suspicion based on looking ‘foreign,’ this type of insinuation and fear mongering only further endangers our communities,” the caucus members said.
From Los Angeles Times
She told voters she would not ban abortions or guns, and neither would she engage in crusades inspired by social-media fantasies or radio talk show fear mongering.
From Seattle Times
“We’re an outside independent group,” he said, “and we hope that lots of people are willing to join the fight against Republican disinformation and conspiracy mongering, including the White House and all allied groups.”
From New York Times
Mr. Lazar released a raft of documents on the FBI’s tracking of one of its own former special agents, Willard Cleon Skousen, a far-right Mormon leader and conspiracy monger.
From Washington Post
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