bureaucratic
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For many citizens, delays, bureaucratic hurdles and indifferent treatment have become so familiar that efficient governance now stands out as an exception, he adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
El Charro didn’t have to clear the same bureaucratic hurdles as his American peers, but he’s proven to be up to the task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
As a slideshow prepared by an executive explained, “We thrive in the valley of death,” the term for the bureaucratic gap where research languishes without being developed into a product.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tell her it’s a bureaucratic minefield that would stress anyone out.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
She slipped into the back of these gatherings—just a tired, heavy, middle-aged black woman searching for a place to rest her feet as she dealt with some bureaucratic runaround.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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