playing politics

Example Sentences

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"This isn't playing politics - it's taking politics very seriously," he tells the Today programme.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

“Either party should think twice about playing politics over a candidate that is this qualified for the position who’s also AAPI,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Barger rejected suggestions that Mnuchin was playing politics with the Postal Service, noting that Democratic governors had met with top Treasury officials under Mnuchin.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2020

For all her grace and magnetism, May-ling was a woman fatally addicted to luxury, and Ei-ling spent much of her life playing politics to maintain an opulent lifestyle for the Soong clan.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019

There was a buzz of approval, and he added drily in English: “I’m playing politics, Evelyn.”

From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray