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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for logrolling
Noun
  • Moody's estimates that distressed restructurings — debt exchanges and maturity extensions agreed under duress — accounted for roughly 65% of all 2025 private credit defaults.
    Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Pirates reliever Dennis Santana brokered a trade with a young fan for the ball, handing over a bat signed by Valdez and a Pirates cap in exchange for Valdez's keepsake.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • Nearly two months after the lockout started, the parties resumed talks Monday morning, but bargaining stalled after USW leadership asked BP to end the lockout of more than 800 union workers without requiring acceptance of its March 17 contract proposal.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
  • Buyers may have less bargaining power than earlier in the year as a result.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • In the study, the number of back-and-forth turns between the interviewer and applicant was one of the strongest positive predictors of receiving a job offer.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Residents say the back-and-forth orders have left many confused, exhausted and worried about their safety.
    Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Yet under the current barter model, none of this can be priced, traded, or reinvested.
    Tejpaul Bhatia, Fortune, 20 May 2026
  • Students are taught that money is a great advance over a system of barter and that a world of money produces exactly the same outcomes as a world of barter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Lueke recommends the same swap with white vinegar.
    Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026
  • Plain Greek yogurt is a safer swap.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • The Tribune has reviewed the names of people who have received pardons or commutations going back to the 1950s.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • In this case, the penalties will be reduced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or further commutation after the reprieve period ends.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • He and other members of the group have been arrested and detained, including one incident in which federal agents were recorded on video appearing to ram his truck.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
  • Begin by attending a professional truck-driving school or CDL training program.
    ByBryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Bill Cunningham of Chicago, the state senator leading stadium negotiations, late last week admitted Johnson’s recent involvement had stalled progress.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • But the Dreamers and the county haven’t made any sort of public agreement on the property, nor have there been negotiations about it.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026

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“Logrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logrolling. Accessed 26 May. 2026.

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