Noun
Many of the city's residents have criticized local pols for their decision to close the public library.
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When Mark Moseley kicked his NFL-record 21st consecutive field goal in 1982 to beat the Giants in the snow, his financial contributions to his preferred pols were no one’s concern.—David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025 Bostonians often deride our local pols’ national ambitions despite the fact that some of them have run for and won national office.—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025 That night, Cuomo called Mamdani early to concede, and Mamdani has said that the disgraced and beaten old pol was nothing but courteous.—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2025 And Loeffler wasn’t running against former Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat widely regarded by Ohio pols from both parties as one of the most gifted campaigners ever.—Liz Mair, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pol
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