- plural of dissident.
dissidents
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Black and Indigenous Americans, labor organizers, immigrants, queer people, political dissidents, abuse survivors, and countless others have discovered that rights celebrated in the abstract can evaporate when exercised against the wrong forces.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Suozzi met with dissidents the day before his remarks at the Salvadoran National Prayer Breakfast but doesn’t appear to have articulated their concerns publicly.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
It said the support would include direct humanitarian assistance and funding for "fast and free" internet access -- which presumably would benefit dissidents in the one-party state that restricts media.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Her post on X called for an independent and transparent investigation, given what she called "Rwanda's long history of repression, lack of transparency, suspicious deaths in detention, and the mistreatment of critics and dissidents".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
As for the park itself, it was an American version of a Middle Eastern bazaar, with folk singers, storytellers, beggars, political dissidents, soapbox orators, and even the occasional snake charmer.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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