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populist

[pop-yuh-list] / ˈpɒp jə lɪst /


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Far-right populist Abelardo de la Espriella was narrowly elected president of Colombia, receiving 49.6% of ballots cast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Called “a love letter to the journey,” the book took readers on a ride through the places, faces and events that shaped a populist American music career for the East Tennessean.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

"He has shaped the image of the first populist president, the first acclaimed strongman of the 21st Century."

From BBC May 30, 2026

“He’s a phenomenon of populist politics,” Toth said.

From Salon May 29, 2026

For a good part of the eighteenth and all of the nineteenth century, the populist, light, tuneful Italian style of opera was what most people went to an opera house for.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Macron, who attended the country’s top schools, “has become the embodiment of everything populists hate,” said Olivier Costa, a research professor at the Paris-based Sciences Po university and France’s National Center for Scientific Research.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2025

The former valedictorian of an elite Baltimore prep school and Ivy League graduate shared posts on social media from an eclectic stream of populists, entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, centrists and disruptors.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2024

After key regional elections on Sunday in Germany conservatives and right-wing populists are celebrating.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2023

I've known idealists, among the populists, who married peasant girls out of principle.

From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert




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