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populist

[pop-yuh-list] / ˈpɒp jə lɪst /


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She came to national prominence in 2009 as leader of the fledgling, populist Wildrose Party and turned it into a challenger to the Progressive Conservatives, who had governed Alberta since 1971.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

During a debate about New Zealand's response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member Lawrence Xu-Nan: "Are you vaccinated?"

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

In some large counties, Jackson won every delegate at stake as a plurality of convention attendees simply voted for the populist Democrat’s slate.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

There’s an equivalency with Platner, and some of it has to do with a populist style of politics.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

The tumult of 1848—the bloody populist revolutions that swept fiercely through France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria and overturned social, political, and religious orders—largely passed him by, like distant thunder.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

Still, opera populists are trying and appear to be making progress.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

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

From BBC Oct. 8, 2023

Yes," said Lyman, "but our friends, the populists, have enacted rather peculiar divorce laws.

From Old Ebenezer by Opie Percival Read




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