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political

[puh-lit-i-kuhl] / pəˈlɪt ɪ kəl /


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For now the whole of the French political world has decided to take the Riner candidacy seriously – or at least to pretend to.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

He considers Thomas Ledlie Birch, a Presbyterian minister who joined the United Irishmen, a group whose 1798 uprising against the British crown involved Catholics and Protestants, thoroughly entangling theology, political grievance and revolutionary zeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

That is partly because he is such a popular personality that mocking his political hopes could easily rebound badly.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

“I am seriously hopeful and maybe naive about this, that the administration just hears that there is widespread opposition on the political left and the political right and decides to withdraw the regulation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Coming from Abigail, however, the political advice was welcomed.

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


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