How to Use play politics in a Sentence
play politics
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The human adventure was fine, but the agency would have to play politics to stay alive.
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David W. Brown,
WSJ,
18 Dec. 2020
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Congress will want to play politics and negotiate as if our lives, livelihoods, and well-being aren't on the lines daily!
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Monique Valeris,
Good Housekeeping,
19 Feb. 2021
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Because politicians like Trump and McConnell would rather play politics than solve problems.
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Andrew Romanoff,
The Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2020
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Now is not the time for our leaders and public servants to play politics with people’s lives or refuse to take science seriously.
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Ben Tobin,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Nov. 2020
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But some Democrats accused their GOP counterparts of using the hearing to play politics ahead of a critical election.
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Tom Benning,
Dallas News,
28 Oct. 2020
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The way Lake and Trump play politics couldn’t be more different from the way the affable and uplifting Reagan conducted himself.
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Robert Robb,
CNN,
31 Oct. 2022
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The memo stoked suspicions that the administration was going to play politics with the pandemic, rushing a vaccine to the market to bolster its chances.
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Jerry Schwartz,
chicagotribune.com,
8 Nov. 2020
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So long as lawmakers are willing to play politics with the lives of these vulnerable kids, the NCAA had better be willing to act and direct millions of dollars into other states.
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Nancy Armour,
USA TODAY,
14 Apr. 2021
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The doubling of donations from lobbyists undermines the efforts to prevent corruption and pay to play politics.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2022
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His platform drew a key endorsement from Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who called him a trustworthy candidate who's not seeking to play politics with the office.
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Mary Jo Pitzl,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Aug. 2022
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Women and families everywhere had been cast aside by Republicans who would rather play politics than seriously address the economic crisis.
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Cecile Richards,
ELLE,
14 Jan. 2022
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