politician
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A politician needs to win their party’s nomination before they can win the November election as that party’s nominee.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Despite occasional vague murmurs about very limited social-welfare reforms, Mr. Burnham doesn’t sound like a politician who intends to shrink the rolls and push more adults back into work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"What has Nepal done to deserve this?" asked Tashi Lhazom, a Nepali climate activist and politician.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Yet beneath the reticence, the magazine detected a politician already learning how to exercise power.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But honestly, I think I would be a very bad reporter because I can’t imagine sitting across the table from a politician or a movie star and asking them questions.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
That businessman, Daniel Vorcaro, forged contacts with a sprawling network of politicians of every stripe, top judges and high-ranking officials before landing in jail for one of Brazil's biggest-ever financial scandals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
He decried “the experts and politicians who have prescribed, encouraged, and applauded the disintegration of such farming communities all over this country into our allegedly miraculous modern American agriculture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The image of a 15-metre long small boat carrying a record 230 migrants towards the UK drew condemnation from both newspapers and politicians.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But the company’s complex governance, with the billionaire Porsche-Piëch family vying for control with politicians and Europe’s most powerful union, puts a speed limit on change in an industry that is moving fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Gang members, housewives, whiskey swillers, beat cops, politicians, and butchers: each had a role to play, an axe to grind, and a deep loyalty to their own in the community that was Packingtown.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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