political favor
Example Sentences
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But they cannot extinguish the belief that religion keeps alive: that there is something higher than Caesar’s will, something that commands conscience beyond fear of reprisal or political favor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Encouraged to grow ever more, communes began to exaggerate their grain production levels to win political favor.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
It wasn’t a political favor he was after.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
Brumby activists have taken action by lobbying for political favor in some states, where they have won protections for the horses.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2020
Captain Brevard, being of a retiring disposition, never sought political favor, but preferred to discharge his obligations to his country rather by obeying than by making her laws.
From Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical by C. L. Hunter
