body politic

Example Sentences

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Social media and AI harm the body politic in ways Tocqueville and Lincoln couldn’t possibly foresee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 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

For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

And if the fish happens to be so contaminated it will poison the body politic, you’ll take the chicken.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

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