corruption
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He has previously said allegations of corruption in the deal are false.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The primary difference is that the corruption Sorkin points to is unique to the digital age, where everything is ephemeral — trumped by the next headline.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The misconduct was discovered during a week-long operation called Project Galatasaray, which used the AI technology in a bid to identify corruption and professional misconduct within the Met.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
A former transport minister in June was sentenced to 24 years in prison for a pandemic-era corruption scheme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“There’s corruption everywhere, Thorn,” Seven said, still upset herself.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The subtext plays out in how the town confronts the other corruptions in its midst.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025
He said: "People are determined to live... normally without crime and corruptions, without prices going wild."
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023
Ms. de Bonafini stood by the family, including Kirchner’s widow Cristina and political successor, amid allegations of corruptions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
These four novellas address the seductions and corruptions of technology, the extremes of beauty and depravity in even the most ordinary life, and the workings of a universe we can never entirely understand.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
The exciting synergy of institutional life in an all-purpose national metropolis was deemed less important than the dangerous corruptions likely to afflict a nexus of politicians and financiers.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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