logrolling

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Recent Examples of logrolling This Stasi-worthy logrolling is how the media propagandize for the propagandist. Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023 Our logrolling, our stumps and their politics, our fisheries, our Negroes and Indians, our boasts and our repudiations, the wrath of rogues and the pusillanimity of honest men, the northern trade, the southern planting, the western clearing, Oregon, and Texas, are yet unsung. Mark Edmundson, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022 Petitioners shouldn’t bundle unrelated issues together, a practice derisively known as logrolling. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019 Incarnate Word sophomore Ameer King hates the Cardinals’ logrolling drill. Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 21 Aug. 2019 This is political logrolling disguised as public necessity. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019 Even with the stoutest of disclosures, this form of op-edding would smack of legal logrolling. Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 June 2018 But hey, everybody hates taxes, and why should this industry be cut out of the logrolling big barbecue of a bill that is largely based on the idea that tax cuts pay for themselves? Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Dec. 2017 In many democracies, of course, logrolling is neither rare nor necessarily bad. Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2016
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Noun
  • And outfielder Jesus Sanchez was also an indirect result of those transactions, as he was added in exchange for Will Wagner and Joey Loperfido, who were acquired back then.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The House bill would allow large-scale developers, such as the Bears, to freeze their property tax assessments for 25 to 45 years in exchange for the PILOT payments.
    Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • There are very few members of Congress who have been in labor unions, who have been bargaining committee members.
    Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert is going for the moderate lane, touting her record on public safety while also pushing an economic platform to expand bargaining rights for labor unions.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • The Oklahoma City Thunder took on the San Antonio Spurs Saturday night to decide the Western Conference title, after a back-and-forth series that has seen both teams leading at various points.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • The back-and-forth continued a pattern of both sides suggesting an agreement was near, before signaling disagreement over many of the same sticking points, including the fate of Iran’s uranium and nuclear ambitions as well as freedom of navigation of the critical waterway.
    Kate Sullivan, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Like the Marrakech souks, Chatuchak is a full sensory experience of loud music, the smell of Thai street food and a buzzing, barter-friendly atmosphere.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Yet under the current barter model, none of this can be priced, traded, or reinvested.
    Tejpaul Bhatia, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Furthermore, despite them sharing the same position on the left wing, Gordon for Rashford can’t be seen as a like-for-like swap.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • For one notable example, the Portland Trail Blazers own the Milwaukee Bucks’ first-round picks outright in 2029 and via swap in 2030, although the current system sunsets after the 2029 draft and would have to be reauthorized by the league.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • On May 21, after Polis issued the commutation, her legal team renewed the challenge with the state Supreme Court.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • The Tribune has reviewed the names of people who have received pardons or commutations going back to the 1950s.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Escalante Sandoval then approached the parked van, removed a key concealed in the gas cap and backed it up, allowing a group of people to move three deep freezers from the van into the bed of the truck and load them with packages.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • Bystanders ran to the truck to pull Harrell out, authorities said.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Hours into free agency opening March 9, Singleton remained unsigned — and had a skeleton deal lined up with another NFL team in free agency if negotiations with the Broncos fell through, according to a source familiar with the process.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • That is why Thursday felt less like the beginning of a negotiation than the opening bell for baseball’s next labor war.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026

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“Logrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logrolling. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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