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
After falling out of political favor earlier this century for controversies involving wasteful spending and political corruption, earmarks have returned to Congress in a more transparent form.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022
Prime Minister Tony Blair was covered on Monday’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” during which the ex-president asked his British counterpart for a political favor.
From Fox News • Oct. 8, 2019
He continued to grow in political favor, and in 1858 received the nomination of the Republican party for the United States Senate.
From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Gordy, Wilbur Fisk
