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political

[puh-lit-i-kuhl] / pəˈlɪt ɪ kəl /


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The political situation emerges at a remove from the story, which is essentially about a boy’s desperate love for his mother amid trying circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"It means no-one is left behind - in employment, in education, in political participation," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Together they form solidarity, despite social, racial and political strains plaguing both sides of the border.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

He got away with it that time, but the moniker ‘Tricky Dick” stuck with him throughout his political career.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

The common version of leadership that bound this distinguished constellation together was a keen appreciation of the political threat that any direct consideration of slavery represented in the still-fragile American republic.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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