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reactionary

[ree-ak-shuh-ner-ee] / riˈæk ʃəˌnɛr i /




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Pickford also won the competition's save-of-the-season award for a second time last season following a remarkable reactionary stop, external from Sandro Tonali's volley to secure Everton's 3-2 win at St James' Park in February.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Instead of continuing to craft lazy and reactionary half-measures, policymakers must step up and deliver the protections the public wants and needs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

We need a coordinated maritime security framework that goes beyond reactionary naval escorts to include long-term diplomatic and economic safeguards.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Kennedy has a real talent for taking reactionary, often sadistic ideas and reframing them to sound compassionate and therapeutic.

From Salon May 18, 2026

There is no doubt that your grandfather’s reactionary class standing had a bad influence on your father’s thoughts, and he naturally passed them on to you.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

Deeply discount the moaning of Hollywood reactionaries and certain podcasters trying to edge themselves into the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

He shares with the architectural reactionaries the impulse toward rawer, less manufactured surroundings.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2023

The more nuanced of the reactionaries instead talk about carrots and sticks.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2023

We meet the Bollywood fan, the intense scientific genius, the band of cultural reactionaries, the Indian folklore cosplayers and so on.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2022

This anti-clerical move provoked the wildest passions of the reactionaries, but it found an overwhelming support in the elections of 1902 and the bill became law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various




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