corruption
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Platitudes are for popsicle sticks and fortune cookies, not feature-length adaptations of literary classics intended to warn readers about how easily power can bleed into corruption.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
She’s pushing back on those claims, saying she actually has strengthened relationships between her office and other parts of City Hall, while also tackling crime and installing safeguards against corruption.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The indictment is the latest step in an aggressive strategy by the Trump Administration to clamp down on drug cartels and official corruption in Mexico.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Yoon's wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee, is also languishing in prison for unrelated corruption crimes.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Tata Ndu came here personally to tell us that the gods of his village did not take kindly to the minister of corruption.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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