body politic
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All of this is a horror show for our body politic.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The body politic wages war against itself in Shakespeare’s tragedy, and the all-out battle makes for a gripping spectacle in Griffith Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
It was the most extreme expression of a wound to the body politic that has been allowed to fester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
After the war ended, it resumed and became ever stronger in the Confederate portion of the body politic.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2024
Through The Mecca I saw that we were, in our own segregated body politic, cosmopolitans.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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