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
  • The exchanges have included headline-making ripostes from Christian Pulisic and his entourage.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The second phase of the drill will include exchanges between British and Indian naval personnel.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Delegates of Workers United and the company resumed bargaining in April 2024 with the goal of ratifying a new contract by the end of the year, but that never came to pass as negotiations stalled with both sides blaming the other for not coming to the table.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Two Democrats, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Senator John Fetterman, have already backed the Republican bill to keep the government open in the short-term on current terms while fuller appropriations bargaining takes place.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After days of explosive online back-and-forth with Nicki Minaj (and a few jabs tossed toward JT), the Bronx rapper hopped on social media with her first video addressing the fiasco that was equal parts warning and reminder.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For several days, Minaj and Card B have been embroiled in a vicious back-and-forth on the platform, with the two women trading sharp barbs about each other’s appearances and children.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, Western sanctions are squeezing Russia, forcing a return to 1990s-style barter as firms trade wheat and flax for Chinese cars and building materials.
    David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • She was known to barter paintings for medical bills, home repairs and tobacco.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The previous million-swap milestone was achieved seven days earlier, accelerating utilization as more Nio vehicles enter the market.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Microsoft 365’s ongoing subscription fees become expensive over time, and even a Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac 2021 License is an expensive swap without a discount.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Newsom granted a commutation to Arthur Battle, convicted of murder for a 2006 contract killing.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The commutation, one of 10 granted by the governor Friday, allows Cuong Tran to make his case for parole earlier than expected.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • CarMax recently listed two 2022 R1T Adventure electric pickup trucks for $51,998, before shipping and fees.
    Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators said Thomas Sanford, 40, of Burton rammed his pickup truck into the church, jumped out and began firing an assault rifle at congregants.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ascension Wisconsin patients insured by UnitedHealthcare are scrambling to find new doctors or rearrange their health care plans, after contract negotiations between the health system and insurer failed.
    Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The offer letters for Elevate’s managers of the state Growth Fund also say that the managers can earn interest off the Growth fund as part of their compensation, the audit states, but this potential financial gain was not disclosed to the IEDC during the negotiations over the Growth Fund.
    Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Logrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logrolling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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