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What's driving this increased stridency among the public?

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

"In my judgement, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency," she wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

He criticized the stridency and “relentless freedom from doubt” in Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s ruling opinion.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

I was either hard-driving and angry or, with my garden and messages about healthy eating, I was a disappointment to feminists, lacking a certain stridency.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama