young Turks

plural of young Turk

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Noun
  • Hasina's ouster has left both political as well as security vacuums, giving more space to religious radicals.
    Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The attack was the third in less than two months that French authorities attributed to Islamic extremists, and prompted the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Performances that allow children in the audience have come under fire from far-right extremists and lawmakers across the country, with over a dozen bills introduced across 8 states in 2023.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Troops unknowingly entered an apartment building next to insurgents, and al-Qaeda forces hurled a grenade through a sniper hole, injuring one of the SEALs, Elliott Miller (Cosmo Jarvis).
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
  • And when a couple of grenades are thrown into their space – because insurgents happen to be in the house next door – the action ratchets up and begins to spin out of control for the soldiers.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Republicans have blamed many of those confrontations on Democratic activists and agitators.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Birman believes that messaging is still having an impact on student agitators.
    Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Young Turks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young%20Turks. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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