electing

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Electing another person with the same title would have been seen by many as an open challenge to the leadership of the first female Archbishop of Canterbury just weeks before she formally begins the job.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Electing a new prime minister requires votes in both the upper and lower houses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Electing different people, demanding authorities take action, putting pressure on state and local politicians and state and local public safety officials and apparatus to take action, to demand that schools teach tolerance.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

Electing an experienced, thoughtful and centrist City Council in November that can meet our challenges with swift and determined action is important to our city right now.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Electing to descend must have been supremely difficult for these three clients, as well as for Frank Fischbeck, who’d turned around hours earlier.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer