Noun
Many of the city's residents have criticized local pols for their decision to close the public library.
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According to Knight, the British government wanted the American government to do more to crack down on the Fenian movement in New York City and Boston, but American pols didn’t want to lose Catholic votes.—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025 Legislators were still working out what costs would be covered by the organization, one of the pols said.—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025 The pols’ letter asks the mayor to explain why the declining personnel numbers at OIG are outpacing the decline taking place at DOI.—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025 Sure, Mamdani didn’t win many converts from the Upper West Side, and, sure, many of the big-name Washington pols who met with him were already on his side.—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pol
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