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Recent Examples of firebrand In Congress, Bishop made a name for himself as a firebrand and member of the ultra-right House Freedom Caucus that caused gridlock throughout his last term. Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025 Even Ann Coulter, the firebrand conservative commentator, can see that. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025 Ortenberg was an early champion of Moore, releasing in 2004 the Flint, Michigan firebrand’s Fahrenheit 9/11 — a connect-the-dots investigation of the George W. Bush presidency, the Iraq war, and corrupt wartime profiteering — which still stands as the highest-grossing documentary of all time. Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025 Before Trump returned to power, Canada’s Liberals – in power for nearly a decade – appeared bereft of energy and ideas, with polls showing them on track for a heavy defeat to the Conservatives, led by the firebrand Pierre Poilievre. Christian Edwards, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for firebrand
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Noun
  • Parnell, the Pentagon spokesperson, said the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which has been carrying out strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, will stay in the region through this month, though its deployment there was scheduled to have ended at the end of March.
    Haley Britzky, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The rebels have loosely defined what constitutes an Israeli ship, meaning many vessels could be targeted.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Loomer’s Role in Firings: The firing of national security officials on the advice of Laura Loomer, a far-right agitator and conspiracy theorist, unsettled even some veteran Trump officials.
    Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Northerners were seen as outside agitators, trying to spread the notion that Black literacy was a good idea.
    Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However, proponents believe navel pulling can offer all these benefits and enhance overall vitality.2 Much of this practice is rooted in Ayurveda, an alternative approach to medicine that has existed for thousands of years.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Musk and other autonomous vehicle proponents have pushed for simpler rules and exemptions to restrictions on vehicles that don’t have human controls.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Venezuela’s autocratic demagogue held a 2007 referendum to re-write the Constitution.
    Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Trump is an evil demagogue who throws horrible stuff at us about this populist moment.
    Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The good news for supporters of seven of the Premier League’s 20 clubs is that their lads will play for a trip to Wembley Stadium in next month’s FA Cup semi-finals at some point over the weekend.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • About forty per cent of the graduates of the Army’s infantry officer schools, Peri notes, come from the dati leumi, or nationalist Orthodox minority, many of them extremist yeshiva students and supporters of settlements.
    Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Dice is excited to provide a safe space for artists and promoters to host events without the inherent exclusivity of a DIY space, where venue addresses often are left off of flyers as a protective measure.
    Steven Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Encourage advocacy: Happy customers are the best promoters of a brand.
    Deboshree Sarkar, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His unit was in western Iraq, at a time of fierce fighting against insurgent forces and car bombs.
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But when the streets ominously clear out and their sniper is spotted, they're forced to engage in a fierce battle with al-Qaeda insurgents.
    EW.com, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Johansen has long been a beloved figure on the New York scene, beginning with his time as the lead singer and provocateur of the gender-bending New York Dolls.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The debate touched off this week when Laura Loomer, a right-wing provocateur with a history of racist and conspiratorial comments, criticized Trump’s selection of Sriram Krishnan as an adviser on artificial intelligence policy in his coming administration.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024

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“Firebrand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firebrand. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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