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hard-liner

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hard line
n.
A firm, uncompromising policy or position.
hard-line adj.
hard-liner n.
Translations
hard-liner [ˌhɑːdˈlaɪnəʳ] N → duro/a m/f (Pol) (= supporter) → partidario/a m/f de línea dura; (= politician) → político/a m/f de línea dura
the hard-liners of the party → el ala dura del partido


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It wasn't that voters didn't want to close the border, the hard-liners assert, it was that voters who wanted to do that were distracted by anger over the war in Iraq and other issues, and voted for Democrats anyway.
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Takeyh notes, "The bitter lesson of the Islamic Republic remains that hard-liners have historically been the sole beneficiaries of American antagonism.
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Yasar Buyukanit, widely seen as much more of a hard-liner.
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