body politic
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It is like a virus in the body politic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
As I continue this journey, I believe the most important strategy that has been omitted to date is holistic healing for our body politic.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
That’s unhealthy for the body politic — and for voters themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 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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