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Recent Examples of messianic
The complex is set to become an even more incendiary flashpoint: a growing far-right messianic movement, once on the fringes, is making its way into the mainstream with the aim of establishing a Jewish monopoly over the entire compound, conducting animal sacrifices there, and rebuilding the temple.
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Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
The Second Temple era ended after the Zealots took over with messianic visions and almost destroyed the Jewish people, almost destroyed the Jewish religion, which had to then reinvent itself.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Finally, in late 2022, Netanyahu was able to engineer a return to power by allying with two ultra-Orthodox parties and two ultranationalist, messianic right-wing parties that openly supported the full annexation of the West Bank.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
Minorities like the Kurds and Yezidis saw IS as a bunch of messianic, bloodthirsty brutes who sought to wipe out their communities.
—Daniel Depetris, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024
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Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
The Second Temple era ended after the Zealots took over with messianic visions and almost destroyed the Jewish people, almost destroyed the Jewish religion, which had to then reinvent itself.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Finally, in late 2022, Netanyahu was able to engineer a return to power by allying with two ultra-Orthodox parties and two ultranationalist, messianic right-wing parties that openly supported the full annexation of the West Bank.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
Minorities like the Kurds and Yezidis saw IS as a bunch of messianic, bloodthirsty brutes who sought to wipe out their communities.
—Daniel Depetris, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for messianic
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Fracking is not the bogeyman that has been pushed and misrepresented by zealous groups of anti-frackers.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Shifting geopolitical realities has spurred a wholesale recalibration of Armenia’s foreign policy combined with a zealous effort to internationalize the economy to render the price of any future conflict intolerably high.Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
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The company continues to evaluate avenues for mitigating internal control weaknesses but has deemed complete mitigation impractical due to its limited staff size.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Expecting Beijing to take extreme measures, such as suspending oil supplies or humanitarian aid to North Korea, is unrealistic.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Nevertheless, something going on behind the scenes could create unrealistic expectations.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Ironically, such utopian expectations of falling health care costs had been spotted way back in the 1990s by my colleague Trevor Harris at Columbia.Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The sci-fi fantasy drama stars Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina, a visionary architect intent on saving a declining New York City by building a utopian future, dislodging the elite ruling class in the process.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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Legacy can make even an ironical man do sentimental things.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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Artifact Uprising Color Series Photo Book $22 Make your bestie misty-eyed with a sentimental gift in the form of a photo book that showcases your favorite memories with them (or their Instagram feed).Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Messianic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messianic. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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