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

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 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.