patriot
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At the Battle of Ayacucho in Peru that December, Miller commanded the patriot cavalry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"He didn't want to, but he had do it. He was a patriot," Natalia explains, through her tears.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
"Regardless of what they say, to me, my son was a patriot, and that's what matters to me."
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
Urged on by patriot leader Benjamin Rush and advised by Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Adams, Paine had been working on “Common Sense” for months.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
Peter Taltavul is a patriot, a man who spent twenty- five years in the Marine Corps band.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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