logrolling

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Recent Examples of logrolling In many democracies, of course, logrolling is neither rare nor necessarily bad. 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
  • The very principle of financialization rules even the most mundane exchange of objects in the same manner that the most banal exchange of economic investment and speculation regulates the sign of spiritual autonomy and utopian aspirations that abstraction had initially promised.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • On Thursday, Lurie announced on social media that cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is opening an office in San Francisco after leaving the city four years ago.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • What began as a back-and-forth battle quickly underscored how evenly matched the two teams are despite being at different stages.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
  • Adidas Adidas said higher costs are likely for products in the US due to Trump’s back-and-forth tariff.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • The massive influx of precious metal helped transform the Chinese economy from a nonmonetary economy based on feudal obligations and barter trade into a monetized economy based on market exchange.
    Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2015
  • One day, through some sort of barter, Schroeder’s father came home with the bird.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Jack Keane: Iran is 'on the cusp' of having a nuclear weapon Fox News senior strategic analyst Jack Keane joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the status of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program and the latest on a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine as the U.S. pushes for peace.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
  • Over Strikes Direct talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations are expected to continue soon after their first set of negotiations in more than three years took place in Istanbul on May 16, resulting in a mass prisoner swap.
    Shane Croucher John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Bill Clinton: Issued 456 pardons and 61 commutations during his presidency.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • One of Combs’ close associates has some experience with presidential pardons and commutations.
    Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The most severe damage reported was from more than 50 mph winds lifting a Cessna off the ground and onto a fuel truck at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
  • Gas-guzzling pickup trucks are emblematic of red states; overpriced EVs are icons of blue states.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc.
    Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
  • Also, after the 2026 season, complicated negotiations for a new labor agreement could lead to a work stoppage.
    Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Peter Navarro, Trump’s top trade adviser, told reporters Thursday that the Administration will still find a way to implement the tariffs regardless of the court ruling on Trump’s use of emergency powers.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 30 May 2025
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 29 May 2025

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“Logrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logrolling. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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