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Examples of pol in a Sentence
Noun
Many of the city's residents have criticized local pols for their decision to close the public library.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Garland never explicates the real-life lead-up to civil destruction: corrupt pols who betray their constituents, the moral bankruptcy of society, the degradation of popular culture, and the temerity of rich journalists dedicated to whatever political power endows their privilege.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
O’Leary bashes the European pols’ cheerleading over Boeing’s stumbles
O’Leary’s reserving his most potent broadsides for the European statesmen crowing on how Boeing’s decline is boosting the fortunes of the European champion, Airbus.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
Such a fragile, thin-skinned pol doesn’t deserve to be in City Hall.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
There was no ingratiation, no name-check for the local pols.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
The deposition would not be a day at the beach, but the investigators doing the questioning tend to be less demagogic than the pols performing at public hearings.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
Attacks by Washington pols only create unnecessary geopolitical tensions, and those, not the acquisition itself, could endanger American national security.
—Wilbur Ross, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
Even Republican journalists don’t speak that bluntly, to say nothing of pols and their staff.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
Noun
Whispers that Gonzalez is a puppet of Latino politicians based in the eastern portion of the Coachella Valley who have increasingly clashed over resources with pols in the wealthier, whiter western communities.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Garland never explicates the real-life lead-up to civil destruction: corrupt pols who betray their constituents, the moral bankruptcy of society, the degradation of popular culture, and the temerity of rich journalists dedicated to whatever political power endows their privilege.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
O’Leary bashes the European pols’ cheerleading over Boeing’s stumbles
O’Leary’s reserving his most potent broadsides for the European statesmen crowing on how Boeing’s decline is boosting the fortunes of the European champion, Airbus.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
Such a fragile, thin-skinned pol doesn’t deserve to be in City Hall.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
There was no ingratiation, no name-check for the local pols.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
The deposition would not be a day at the beach, but the investigators doing the questioning tend to be less demagogic than the pols performing at public hearings.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
Attacks by Washington pols only create unnecessary geopolitical tensions, and those, not the acquisition itself, could endanger American national security.
—Wilbur Ross, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
Even Republican journalists don’t speak that bluntly, to say nothing of pols and their staff.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
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“Pol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pol. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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