corruption
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Many South Africans, eager to understand the mechanics of the alleged corruption, hope Matlala may hold the answers.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Arise has repeatedly denied accusations of fraud and/or corruption in the awarding of public contracts, notably in Gabon and Chad.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Although the song “Undercover of the Night” nicely melds a solid guitar riff with trenchant lyrics about political corruption and violence in South America, the rest of the album wilts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The conservative billionaire racked up dozens of indictments and trials for fraud, corruption, abuse of power and other allegations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Second, there is the Hamiltonian confidence that the concentration of political and economic power was a dynamic force; it was not a threatening cluster of invasive corruption, but a synergistic fusion of developmental energies.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
The subtext plays out in how the town confronts the other corruptions in its midst.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025
Tasila and the former president's widow, Esther, continue to face corruptions charges, which they deny.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
The privilege becomes evident as the book unleashes its vision of interlocking corruptions among the spectacularly decadent elite presiding over Asia’s oldest democracy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
Like David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” King’s play, receiving its U.S. premiere at Studio Theatre, is a comedy of petty corruptions, activated by the base impulses that can drive the lust for a buck.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2019
The exciting synergy of institutional life in an all-purpose national metropolis was deemed less important than the dangerous corruptions likely to afflict a nexus of politicians and financiers.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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