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Recent Examples of logrolling
In many democracies, of course, logrolling is neither rare nor necessarily bad.
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Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2016
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
Even with the stoutest of disclosures, this form of op-edding would smack of legal logrolling.
—Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
While old-fashioned logrolling and interest-group politics has actually improved the original proposal already, further improvements will require serious attention to the nature of the research culture involved.
—Yuval Levin, National Review, 17 May 2021
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
Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2016
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
Even with the stoutest of disclosures, this form of op-edding would smack of legal logrolling.
—Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
While old-fashioned logrolling and interest-group politics has actually improved the original proposal already, further improvements will require serious attention to the nature of the research culture involved.
—Yuval Levin, National Review, 17 May 2021
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for logrolling
Noun
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Between March 2022 and Wei’s arrest in August 2023, the spy allegedly paid Wei thousands of dollars in exchange for photographs and videos of the Essex, information about the location of various Navy ships and details about the Essex’s defensive weapons, according to prosecutors.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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American chipmakers Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenues from semiconductor sales to China in exchange for export licenses.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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There is a lot of back-and-forth nowadays regarding the existential risk of AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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John Thys | Afp | Getty Images Gripped by corporate earnings season and U.S. President Donald Trump's back-and-forth tariff policy, investors largely shrugged off a historic climate ruling from the world's top court.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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To understand why, imagine doing a trade in the absence of money—that is, through barter.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 May 2012
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She was known to barter paintings for medical bills, home repairs and tobacco.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Pei-Pei and her mom (Rosalind Chao and Lucille Soong, respectively), the Chinese restaurant owners who caused the 2003 body swap, make a cameo at Anna’s bachelorette party.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The swap is worth some $3 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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How Maxwell's Trump Deal Could Look Maxwell may also pursue presidential clemency—a pardon would clear her conviction, while a commutation would shorten her sentence.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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The clemency actions included a blanket pardon for his son Hunter Biden, preemptive pardons for other family members and Trump adversaries, and sweeping commutations for nonviolent drug offenders.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
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The potential witness told investigators that Castillo came to her door with the grapes and that Geter-Pataky was in a pick-up truck and waved to her.—
Dave Altimari,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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As the truck was coming to a stop, a passenger in the front seat got out and ran from the vehicle, which stopped a short distance later.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The foot-dragging led Parker and Stone to flex their power, including by threatening legal action against Shell and RedBird Capital over allegedly manipulating negotiations with rivals to lower the price for Paramount.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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In a parallel process, the military achievements of Israel and the United States must be leveraged to launch comprehensive negotiations with Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons.—
Ami Ayalon,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump just enacted a new wave of tariffs on dozens of America’s trading partners, marking a substantial escalation in ongoing trade tensions that could constitute the biggest change to the global economy in nearly a century.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Other notable happenings in the Physical AI space include: In the midst of U.S. sanctions and a trade war, the Chinese government is investing heavily in creating an invention ecosystem around physical AI.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Logrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logrolling. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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