big government
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Frank Capra, the multiple Academy Award winner whose everyman heroes symbolized the American spirit triumphing over mercenary or venal big business and big government, died Tuesday at his desert retirement home.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
In 2020 American Compass defended organized labor as a means for combating big government, writing: “We prefer the private ordering of bargains between workers and management to overbearing dictates from Washington.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
His new role is the fifth big government job he's held in the past year - under three different prime ministers.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023
“He was seen as a big government liberal who was a fighter for the working man. That is who he has been seen as,” Mr. Burns said.
From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2023
“Get your map, John—the big government map—and let’s have a look at this country in west of here.”
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson
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