body politic
Example Sentences
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Social media and AI harm the body politic in ways Tocqueville and Lincoln couldn’t possibly foresee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The body politic wages war against itself in Shakespeare’s tragedy, and the all-out battle makes for a gripping spectacle in Griffith Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
And it has survived to some degree for more than 150 years, tucked into the cracks of our body politic.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
I maintain that one reaches this princedom either with the favour of the common people or with that of the nobility, since these two different humours are found in every body politic.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
