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  • A decent case, but a wrong one, at least as far as a typical modern American dictionary is concerned: dem ‧ a ‧ gogue   [dem-uh-gog, - gawg] noun, verb, - gogued, - gogu ‧ ing.

    Is That Legal?: In the wake of the Kerry Remarks, Democrats are...WINNING. 2006

  • But that's what Richard Cheney did: the five time draft-dodger, the flesh-eating military-corporate parasite Eisenhower warned us about, the snarling hate-mongering flag-waving terror-gogue, stabbed a fellow-member of the national security establishment in the back during time of war.

    Tony Hendra: War Criminal Commutes Sentence of Convicted Perjurer at Behest of Traitor 2008

  • In this syna - gogue of Capernaum, as in others, the Pharisees and scribes would read from the scrolls in a weak and whin - ing song, a droning of the heart as if their throats, dulled by years of compromise, spoke only from dying coals.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • And when Zacharias came out of the syna - gogue, he was dumb.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • The vision had indicated that an Army officer in the Occupation would return to the States, turn to politics, and become a dema - gogue, building on hate and fear and paranoia to become president.

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

  • The mob, peculiarly susceptible to the wiles of the dema - gogue is generally prepared to abdicate its authority.

    DEMOCRACY STEPHEN R. GRAUBARD 1968

  • Famous for unforgettable appearances at Bonnarroo, Matisyahu has also left Sixth & I audiences in awe twice before and is set to rock the 'gogue again.

    Examiner California Headlines 2009

  • As Demo-gogue Nancy Pelosi framed it: "For too long, this government, in eight years, has followed a right-wing ideology of anything goes, no supervision, no discipline, no regulation."

    The Patriot Post 2008

  • But their countenance, and their observaDce of in the interior the country, which I visited, there is a Jewish Syna - gogue and a Cliristian Church in the same Hindoo village.

    The Panoplist (and Missionary magazine) conducted by an association of ... 1812

  • So I stood before the Pharisees in the syna - gogue and spoke to them like a physician, saying: "There is nothing that can enter a man and defile him.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

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