unpopular
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Critics will downplay the victory as more a verdict on a deeply unpopular mayor than an embrace of Raman — a tree stump could have trounced Bass, they’re already saying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Yet Wall Street’s main focus was on the potential for a very unpopular war to start winding down.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Against the backdrop of an unpopular war in Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on July 15, 2026, that the Pentagon would begin testing male service members 30 and older for low testosterone.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
In much of the country, getting new land permitted for outdoor storage is nearly impossible, largely because the sites are overwhelmingly associated with noise and ugliness, making them unpopular with local governments and residents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The purpose of our Constitution—especially the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee—is to protect minority rights even when, or especially when, they are unpopular.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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