politician
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Not a stellar look for a politician relatively new to elected office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In Bosnia, by contrast, an opposition politician was sentenced to three years in prison for "glorifying" Karadžić and Mladić in January 2026.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“A politician or a bureaucrat thinking, ‘Do I want to stick my neck out for a particular country?’ may decide against it,” says Mr. Staniland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It hurt because it made him seem like a perennial candidate and reinforced Graham’s attacks on the five-term congressman as a career politician.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
I laughed, "So what? I'm neither a criminal nor a politician, brother. So you picked the wrong man. But thanks again for the coffee and cheese cake—brother."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians, joining the popular backlash against the construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Inflation and the cost of living remain key topics for politicians and policymakers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
He also visited Dublin many times meeting the then President Michael Higgins and other leading politicians as he sought to improve Anglo-Irish relations post Brexit.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
But who you surround yourself with is part of who you are, which means staffers can also create problems for the politicians they work for.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
These heroes go largely unnoticed by politicians who prefer to blame those who fail, rather than praise with admiration and awe all those who somehow manage, despite seemingly insurmountable hurdles, to survive.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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