Adjective a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capitalNoun after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries
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Now, leather for fall certainly isn’t revolutionary. Irene Kim, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022 The device’s ability to combine phone services with email and text messaging was, at the time, revolutionary and paved the way for the iPhone, Android and other smartphones. Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Point Break was also revolutionary at the time, taking its actors to the skies for an extended, artful, and thrilling skydiving sequence. Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2022 Though the Islamic Republic hasn’t compromised on its revolutionary and revisionist principles, over the past decade the regime has emerged from its former pariah status. Reza Pahlavi, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 Saturn retrograde and Uranus connect with the rebellious Aquarius moon, creating a revolutionary and altruistic sentiment. Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Over the course of 20 years of warfare, Austria provided the most consistent continental opposition against revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Angus Robertson, The Week, 2 Aug. 2022 Despite different backgrounds, their connections with revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines brought them together to play crucial parts in Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule. Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 16 July 2022 Compaore, who seized power from his long-time friend and revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara in a 1987 coup, ruled Burkina Faso with an iron fist for nearly 30 years. Oumar Zombre And Sam Mednick, ajc, 7 July 2022
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Since assuming power, Xi, the son of a communist revolutionary, has strengthened the party and its role across society and eliminated space for dissent. Reuters, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022 Since assuming power, Xi, the son of a communist revolutionary, has strengthened the party and its role across society and eliminated space for dissent. Reuters, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 One of his clients, the Angolan revolutionary Jonas Savimbi, led an army that incinerated its enemies alive. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022 The Russian revolutionary maintained that the more chaotic conditions became, the greater the likelihood that his Bolshevik party could accomplish its goals. George Michael, The Conversation, 27 July 2022 By this measure, George Stevens Jr. is a revolutionary in the guise of a movie-industry insider. Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 21 July 2022 The 12-episode series, showrun by Rogue One co-writer Tony Gilroy, is set five years before that movie’s events and explores the character’s evolution from thief to revolutionary to hero. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2022 Members of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment — named after a Belarusian revolutionary who led an uprising against Russian occupation in the 1860s – also fought against Russian forces following Moscow’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine. Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News, 6 July 2022 Just look to class pictures from every imaginable school, association, company, office, club, court, government body and political movement (from the revolutionary to the regressive). Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 See More