affairs
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Races for the office tend to be sleepy affairs, but this year’s contest has featured last-minute entrants, a whopping influx of cash and defections among the incumbent’s key supporters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
GTA I and II in the late 1990s were much simpler, two-dimensional affairs with a top-down perspective.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The Met Police said it could not comment and Buckingham Palace said it was unable to comment on Ferguson's affairs.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
State minister for economic affairs and investment Abdulaziz AlMarzooq said Kuwait’s reserves can sustain it for a prolonged period.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Pope Julius II acted impetuously in all his affairs, and he found the times and circumstances so suitable to this method of procedure that he always achieved felicitous results.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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