- 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 have shared social media videos showing dozens of Iranians dancing and cheering in the streets of Toronto and Cologne, Germany, Ansari said.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
Dissidents, minorities, and sometimes asylum-seekers get wrongly detained.
From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023
Dissidents were also suspected of being involved in organising rioting in Craigavon in County Armagh at the end of the month.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023
Catherine took the side of the Dissidents, and figured as the champion of religious toleration.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John
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