capital

Example Sentences

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Would the prime minister, in that situation, have had the authority, the political capital, to block Andy Burnham from standing in the by-election?

From BBC

Bad Bunny grew up in Vega Baja, a small municipality near Puerto Rico's capital San Juan.

From Barron's

It was hard to find anyone on the streets of the capital who supported the trial.

From Barron's

AFP was unable to speak to the agency, which has relocated several times within the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in recent months.

From Barron's

"Only their mother can tell them apart," one investigator is quoted as telling the court in Bobigny, north of the French capital.

From BBC