politicking

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In comments on background, several council members said Raman doesn’t seem to have an interest in the kind of politicking needed to advance her agenda.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Long intertwined with protest and politicking thanks to quick creation times and near infinite reproducibility, printmaking is still being used in the activist realm today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

All of that, at least partly down to the smooth talking and politicking of the ambassador.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

In presenting many of his bills or ideas, he acted as if they should pass by dint of their sheer excellence—as if old-school politicking was unnecessary and even distasteful.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2024

COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner