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Recent Examples of logrolling
This Stasi-worthy logrolling is how the media propagandize for the propagandist.
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Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023
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
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
Trump, of course, has not helped in the way a standard president would—bringing lawmakers along, participating in logrolling and horse-trading, using his own expertise to find the right formulas.
—Norm Ornstein, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2017
Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023
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
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
Trump, of course, has not helped in the way a standard president would—bringing lawmakers along, participating in logrolling and horse-trading, using his own expertise to find the right formulas.
—Norm Ornstein, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for logrolling
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Distributed free by local officials, supplies are abundant at the house where Sleaze smokes fentanyl and works security in exchange for drugs.Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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The exchange, help spurred by a congressional committee, mirrored a similar swap in September in which U.S. citizen David Lin came home after nearly 20 years.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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The song was just that sensational, not only dazzling those who’d been invested in the back-and-forth from the start, but also delighting casual music fans of all stripes.Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
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This fixation is a pity, since opera, like any art form, thrives on debate, disagreement, the back-and-forth of the public sphere.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Avoid changing the color of a rabbit or a chicken There are several stipulations in Massachusetts law about baby chicks, ducklings, rabbits and other fowl in terms of their sale, barter or gifting.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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To Google’s accountants, the barter still represents a gigantic overhead expense.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
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The biggest was a 2017 swap that saw Jose Quintana go from the White Sox to the Cubs four a four-player package that included Dylan Cease and Eloy Jimenez.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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But after Christmas, when the calendar turns, the big boys in the NFL swap the Cinderella slippers for MMA gloves.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2024
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According to a memo the White House put out on Sunday, Biden plans to issue more pardons and commutations; take steps to protect federal lands; work to forgive more student debt; rein in artificial intelligence; and award more money from the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Clemency is used to describe both pardons and commutations.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The motorcade featured a mix of the typical black Chevy sports utility vehicles and Ford trucks, plus the lone electric vehicle.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
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In the driveway of a rundown house, two soldiers work quickly under the glow of headlamps, loading weapons from a shed into the back of a battered truck.Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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Paulo Dybala is the subject of serious negotiations, according to Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk.David Ferrini, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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It has been widely reported that as part of the negotiations with Real Betis over selling Giovani Lo Celso, Spurs included a clause relating to Johnny Cardoso.Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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For these economies with already weak growth starting points, the drag on net trade and rerouting stemming from the levies will weigh heavily, according to BNP Paribas economists.Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Every Christmas, the Historic Hotels of America®, a trade association of 300 hotels designated National Historic Landmarks, sponsors a Gingerbread house contest among its members.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Logrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logrolling. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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