body politic

Example Sentences

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We need to better understand and fix this continuing danger to the body politic.

From Salon

As much as he is responsible for his criminal exploitation of that power, we must understand and fix the sickness in the body politic that enabled him to take office.

From Salon

If they want to debate rather than dominate, that impulse will quickly spread throughout the body politic.

From Washington Post

Pursuing a sweeping, partisan reform of Israel’s judicial system, along lines long sought by the right, the Netanyahu coalition has destabilized the Israeli body politic.

From Washington Post

As for his next term as governor, Newsom has said he will focus on the extremes: “extreme drought, extreme weather, extreme polarization in our body politic as it relates to preserving and protecting democracy.”

From Washington Times