How to Use play politics in a Sentence

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• The human adventure was fine, but the agency would have to play politics to stay alive.
  — David W. Brown, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
• Once the justice system is allowed to play politics, there is no stopping.
  — Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Congress will want to play politics and negotiate as if our lives, livelihoods, and well-being aren't on the lines daily!
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2021
• Because politicians like Trump and McConnell would rather play politics than solve problems.
  — Andrew Romanoff, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2020
• Now is not the time for our leaders and public servants to play politics with people’s lives or refuse to take science seriously.
  — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2020
• But some Democrats accused their GOP counterparts of using the hearing to play politics ahead of a critical election.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2020
• The way Lake and Trump play politics couldn’t be more different from the way the affable and uplifting Reagan conducted himself.
  — Robert Robb, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• The memo stoked suspicions that the administration was going to play politics with the pandemic, rushing a vaccine to the market to bolster its chances.
  — Jerry Schwartz, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• So long as lawmakers are willing to play politics with the lives of these vulnerable kids, the NCAA had better be willing to act and direct millions of dollars into other states.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
• The doubling of donations from lobbyists undermines the efforts to prevent corruption and pay to play politics.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2022
• His platform drew a key endorsement from Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who called him a trustworthy candidate who's not seeking to play politics with the office.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
• Our job in local government is not to play politics, but to take care of all of our citizens — the ones that voted for me and the ones that didn’t.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
• At a certain point, wins and losses become more important than power-play politics.
  — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
• Our troops should not be left waiting for their paycheck while Washington politicians play politics.
  — Derek Tran, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
• There are people that want to play politics [who] will use that as an excuse to play politics.
  — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025