special interests

Example Sentences

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It would demonstrate that grassroots movements can overcome entrenched special interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

In the process, the LDP attracted all kinds of special interests, including farming and business lobbies, as well as religious groups, and multiple cases of corruption followed.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday that her administration is acting to “crack down on the out-of-state special interests that are pumping our state dry while Arizona families and farmers suffer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

But that has just given him time to pursue his own special interests.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

Whenever I opened a text that hadn’t been used for years, I realized that my special interests and skills united me to a mere handful of academics.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez