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In his first term, he aligned with business leaders, conservatives and even former counterrevolutionaries, and against his own former comrades.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2021

Sholokhov met Stalin in 1931 as he was dealing with critics and editors who questioned the ideological purity of the third volume, given its setting among counterrevolutionaries.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2019

In a sign of improved relations, the communist government has given permission for a new house of worship in this remote area, which was a place of exile for counterrevolutionaries after Fidel Castro took power.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2015

When a crowd petitioned to depose King Louis XVI in 1791, the red flag was flown not by the revolutionaries but by the counterrevolutionaries.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2012

Suppose some counterrevolutionaries came along in a truck and said: 'We don't need any passes?'

From Ten Days That Shook the World by Reed, John