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
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
CatholicVote selected the Trump hotel not to curry political favor with the administration but because it was a nice hotel near the White House, said a spokesman for the group, Joshua Mercer.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2020
He will be so astonished that we are not 136 seeking a political favor, he will go to the Secretary himself and make ours a personal request.
From In Her Own Right by Underwood, Clarence F.
