running for office
Example Sentences
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Academics will point out that they’re not running for office.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
A former advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron, Hilton is one of a handful of Republicans running for office in next year’s election.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
Wilson, a longtime progressive activist running for office for the first time, now holds a narrow lead of roughly 1,346 votes, with just over 1,400 ballots left to be counted.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025
Mindich co-owns the media production company Kvartal 95, founded by Zelensky, who was a star comedian before running for office.
From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025
In the decades that followed, Colored people strove to educate themselves— organizing, creating self-help groups, running for office, fighting to change laws, founding schools, and so on.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
