as in manipulating
to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage
gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority
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Recent Examples of gerrymandering
In the fall, Missouri lawmakers voted to redistrict Kansas City’s voting maps, gerrymandering residents and drawing hundreds out to protest in Jefferson City.
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Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 28 Dec. 2025
And the reality is that so many of our House districts are drawn today with gerrymandering for each side.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
Arguments by redistricting proponents centered on claims that Democrats have a long history of gerrymandering in other states and have successfully begun to tip the scales in their favor nationally.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
In other words, gerrymandering rarely flips control on its own.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 28 Dec. 2025
And the reality is that so many of our House districts are drawn today with gerrymandering for each side.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
Arguments by redistricting proponents centered on claims that Democrats have a long history of gerrymandering in other states and have successfully begun to tip the scales in their favor nationally.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
In other words, gerrymandering rarely flips control on its own.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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Senior figures within the DA have accused one another of abusing power and manipulating state institutions, drawing South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog into what is, in effect, an internal leadership battle.—
Sam Mkokeli,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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As expected, the arm opposite the brain injury often has major problems with weakness, stiffness and voluntary control, limiting its use for reaching, grasping and manipulating objects.—
Candice Maenza,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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Prosecutors claim Sainz Salazar served as a key fentanyl producer for the Chapitos from about 2022 through 2025, helping manufacture millions of pills, arranging drug transactions under armed protection and operating labs that later became central to the group’s fentanyl production.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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At the club, Davenport liked to station himself near the first tee, talking to members, arranging their golf games and remembering who golfers liked (and didn’t like) to play with.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Actually negotiating who does what, when and how was another.—
Jelena Kecmanovic,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Regulators claimed the scheme dated to 2013, around the time California Waste Solutions, which is operated by the Duong family, was negotiating with the city to buy and lease land for recycling facilities.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The company is engineering the next generation of high-power microwave systems from GHz to THz frequencies.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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But below deck, in machinery spaces and fuel tanks, Norway is quietly engineering its post-oil future.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Gerrymandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandering. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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