argument
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He could say such things, the argument goes, because he didn’t need to win elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
But the Conservatives' opponents, even before this speech, were already looking forward to the argument they anticipated after it.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Dismissing this argument as "absurd," Gregoire said that he "fully stood by" his approach at a time of strained public finances.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Some of it is inequality and having to work too many jobs to make a living, much less have an argument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
He’d never been so glad to be having an argument.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
But these are arguments for improving Indian democracy—so it may one day offer the developing world a better example than China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Much in the same way Slate was early to formats that would come to dominate digital publishing—explainers, deliberately counterintuitive arguments, chat podcasts—so too were we early progenitors of the internet listicle.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
In late June, footage of a young Muslim man kicking a dog following Hindu pilgrims circulated widely on social media, triggering religious arguments online.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The court will begin hearing oral arguments on Monday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The arguments of string theorists and cosmologists might be mathematically precise and at the same time be as useless as the philosophy of Pythagoras.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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