as in zealous
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Adjective
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In Seattle, Ellie and Dina find themselves amid a brutal battle between the zealous Seraphites and a ruthless militia.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025 -
And yet every spring passionate hockey fans, or zealous NHL front office executives, watch Stanley Cup playoff games with the conviction that this time both the sport and the league is moving up.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2025
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Trump’s messianic appeal may seem like a twenty-first-century creation, a product of partisan rage, epistemic drift, and American-style evangelicalism.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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Our hero’s bitterness at the state of the world varies in this film from the vaguely messianic to the satisfyingly cathartic.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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“Crusading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusading. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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