- plural of dissident.
dissidents
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Appeared in the June 22, 2026, print edition as 'Tehran Steps Up Executions of Dissidents'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Dissidents who have fled Alexander Lukashenko's rule in Belarus have spoken of threats being made against them and their relatives at home.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025
Dissidents on the run from the Chinese state have reported harassment elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
Dissidents on the run from the Chinese state have reported harassment elsewhere in Southeast Asia, including the family of one detained by Thai police after bomb threats were called in under their name.
From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Catholics, Anglicans, Puritans, Dissidents, and Nonconformists of almost any physiognomy, might come and be at home, unpunished for variations in belief.
From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary
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