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Recent Examples of pinko
My general experience with campaigns is that winning candidates are almost always those who attack their opponents remorselessly and relentlessly — those who convince the voters that the other guy is a racist, a pinko, a warmonger, a coward, a crook, a greedy capitalist, whatever.
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Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinko
Noun
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Castellanos took consecutive changeups from Marlins lefty Anthony Veneziano for balls.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The lefty slugger struggled in his first trip to the Majors last spring, getting sent down to the minors for more seasoning.—
Michael Lycklama,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Gap Organic Cotton Cropped Wide-leg Pants $60 at Gap These cropped wide-leg pants in vibrant pink are giving me all the spring vibes.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2025
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While Becker said designers went overboard with various shades of teal, yellow, red and purple, there were some standout colors including baby pink and baby blue.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Into the mural, Rivera, a communist, painted a portrait Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trepper, a Polish-Jewish communist, ran a network of Soviet spies across Western Europe, named by the Germans as the Red Orchestra, from the mid-1930s until 1942, when he was captured by the Gestapo and then escaped.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2024
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The typical commie solution: Tax the rich, tax the corporations, make everything for the people free.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Consider their ratings of Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democratic Party but describes himself as a democratic socialist.—
David Campbell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
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Apparently, feedback from the meeting with the socialists was positive.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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