running for office
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Protecting the Amazon was one of the pledges President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made when he was running for running for office four years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
But he’s running for office with much greater ambitions.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Every election cycle sees its share of controversial, scandal-plagued candidates running for office.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Grande, who has lived in various parts of the district, said he’s running for office because people in the district “aren’t feeling heard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
In the decades that followed, Colored people strove to educate themselves— organizing, creating self-help groups, running for office, fighting to change laws, founding schools, and so on.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
