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right wing



right-wing
ADJECTIVE
politically conservative
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NOUN
politically conservative faction
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STRONGEST


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The sequence started with Seattle’s Peter Kingston, another second-half substitute, weaving through traffic on a long run up the right wing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

It’s a stunning collapse for a onetime ad man with a dodgy reputation who rose to become the go-to digital campaign guru for Latin America’s ascendant right wing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Little is known about Graham—or, apparently, by Graham—and it’s not as if the state’s right wing was ever adoring of her late brother.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

Roaming Spain’s right wing, Yamal caused enough problems for France that he drew a penalty kick in the 22nd minute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Mellower plucked them out of the right wing when he remembered.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

In 2024, he says, 48.4% of antisemitic offenses were classified as right-wing, compared with 31.1% as fueled by “foreign ideology” and 11% by “religious ideology.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

How exactly Cerimedo got into politics — and how he became a right-wing rabble-rouser — remains somewhat opaque.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Following a large influx of asylum seekers in Sweden in 2015, successive left- and right-wing governments have tightened asylum and immigration rules.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Bauer researches historical and contemporary right-wing movements in the United States and recently wrote a book called “Making the Liberal Media.”

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

It was clear that he knew almost nothing about the ANC, and what he did know was gleaned from the propaganda of the right-wing press.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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