bureaucratic
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Reading those words, I realized I had to be more loyal to myself than to the bureaucratic institution whose judgement I no longer trusted.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
“It’s literally a bureaucratic, Kafkaesque nightmare,” Lawson said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Dozens of Gaza students who won scholarships to universities in Italy are still waiting to be evacuated due to bureaucratic red tape, leaving qualified students in a deadly conflict zone, AFP has found.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Then there's the added pressure applied by industry and the competing interests of states - whose stake in regulatory controls blurs the lines of accountability and increases bureaucratic hurdles.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I was haunted by my helpless bureaucratic demurrals in the face of his desperation and the silence of his response.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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