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politician

[pol-i-tish-uhn] / ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ən /


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Appeared in the October 10, 2025, print edition as 'How Paxton Got Rich As a Texas Politician'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Politician Nathan Law – who had been a lawmaker on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong – and activist and commentator Yuan Gong-Yi also appear on the lists.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Beckles is a long-time East Bay Politician who previously served on the Richmond City Council and unsuccessfully ran for state Assembly in 2018 with Sanders’ backing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

As journalist Franklin Foer elaborates in his acclaimed book on Biden’s presidency, The Last Politician, politics for Biden is the “means by which a society mediates its difference of opinion, allowing for peaceful coexistence.”

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2024

The Lawyer, who's always in quest of his Prey, May find fools here to feed upon every Day; And the sage Politician, in Coffee-Grounds known, May point out the Fate of each Crown but—his own.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)




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