bureaucrat
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He isn’t a bureaucrat who can simply be swapped for another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
But now earnings from years of service are yanked away at the whim of a bureaucrat.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025
“Our folks’ lives are more important than what some bureaucrat wants us to do.”
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025
Spy line: Joe yells at an intrusive bureaucrat, “I choose the assets. I choose the cover. I build the plan. And I run it. Me!”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
He had fought for South Africa during World War II in North Africa and Italy, but after his return, a white bureaucrat had reclassified him as African.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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