gerrymander

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Recent Examples of gerrymander The 2nd District became the center of a long-running legal battle after a federal court ruled the state had illegally gerrymandered the district to weaken the power of Black voters, who make up roughly a quarter of the state’s population. Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024 While North Carolina’s state legislature aggressively gerrymandered their new map in favor of Republicans, New York’s state legislature left their lines mostly unchanged, making tweaks that only minorly benefit Democrats. Cooper Burton, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024 The Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly ruled in 2022 its redrawn maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. Sam Allard, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024 Even McKinley, who earlier had been gerrymandered into victory, lost his seat. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gerrymander 
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  • In more significant cases, scammers manipulate individuals into transferring large sums of money to fake people, scam accounts, or identity theft.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
  • As Beckman's accomplice, Lau allegedly manipulated documents, including documents allegedly stolen from the venture capital firm that employed her while supposedly hiding her work for GameOn.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • One day before TikTok star Deborah Finck died of rare soft tissue cancer, her daughter Katerina arranged a meaningful memory.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • McGahn arranged a memo warning Trump the move could lead to his impeachment.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • Although Kessler is a high-profile litigator, including by leading high-profile antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA, NASCAR, U.S. Soccer, the NFL and other major sports defendants, litigators sometimes negotiate resolutions without having to go to court.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Tennant and others have been negotiating with Mario Borda, a Miami real estate broker who represents the LLCs buying up units.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Kudos on firing the assistant coaches as scape goats for the humiliating mistake of letting Xavier Mckinney walk away into an All-Pro season and forcing them to scheme around an unreliable Banks.
    Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Dougherty Valley hit timely shots and schemed Stokes into favorable one-on-one matchups.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • Back then its four thrusters – totaling 60 kW – were engineered to push the three-person submersible to speeds of 8 knots – that's reportedly faster than the cruising speed of a bottlenose dolphin – at depths of up to 300 m (984.25 ft).
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
  • When Hydrants Aren’t Enough Philip Cheung for The New York Times In large-scale fires, hydrant systems can quickly be pushed beyond what they were engineered to handle.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

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