playing politics
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He argued that whisky was "very high" up the list of priorities for the UK as it seeks further trade concessions from the US and warned Swinney against "playing politics".
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025
“I’m not interested in playing politics with the border and immigration — I’m interested in fixing it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024
“We’re not playing politics with this, we’re demanding real, transformative policy change,” Johnson said this week.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024
For all her grace and magnetism, May-ling was a woman fatally addicted to luxury, and Ei-ling spent much of her life playing politics to maintain an opulent lifestyle for the Soong clan.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019
Whether Fremont was acting from conviction or "playing politics" may be left to his biographers.
From Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)