playing politics
Example Sentences
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He argued that whisky was "very high" up the list of priorities for the UK as it seeks further trade concessions from the US and warned Swinney against "playing politics".
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025
“Instead of playing politics with the issue, why don’t we just get together and get it done.”
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
“We’re not playing politics with this, we’re demanding real, transformative policy change,” Johnson said this week.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024
“We’re trying to create a new way of playing politics that’s about solidarity, camaraderie, love — things that benefit all folks.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022
So frequently have they besought the Governments, both Federal and Provincial, that occasionally they have been accused by harassed politicians of "playing politics and nothing else."
From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins
