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
  • But the Golden Knights rallied with three consecutive goals to begin a back-and-forth finish.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 June 2026
  • The most compelling moment of a back-and-forth third period during Thursday’s game played out with five minutes left on the clock and the score tied 2-2.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 5 June 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
  • Since the middle of 2025, the cost of insuring hyperscaler debt through credit default swaps has climbed, a sign that some investors are paying up for protection rather than trusting the ratings, Reuters reported.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • The quick video illustrates how the various Captain's Crunch implements unfurl and swap components.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • In Wells, after accepting the commutation, the defendant-petitioner argued that the president possessed the authority to issue only absolute pardons, not conditional ones, and that the petitioner’s acceptance of the conditional pardon was made under duress.
    Robert Radick, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Other state officials became resigned to the seeming imminence of a Polis commutation.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 June 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
  • Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday for a new round of negotiations on behalf of the United States.
    Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
  • Still, Bartos argues the pace and scope of reform changed dramatically once the United States began applying pressure through budget negotiations and funding discussions.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

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“Logrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logrolling. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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