political scene
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Ocasio-Cortez, widely known by her initials AOC, burst onto the national political scene with an upset congressional victory in 2018 and rapidly became a leading voice of the Democratic Party's left wing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
It exploded onto the national political scene after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ first 2016 presidential campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
As for Burnham, Peskov is frank: "It's unlikely that anyone on the British political scene will have a different position to Keir Starmer on our bilateral relations."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The terminology we use to talk about “countries” has been naturalized over centuries by the dominance of the form of the nation-state on the global political scene.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
Even in 1350 they were still an unimportant part of the political scene in the central Andes, and newcomers at that.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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