machine politics
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He also cut his teeth in the bare-knuckled machine politics of Monroe County, Kentucky, and knew how to win allies, according to those who knew him.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Washington’s win dealt a stunning blow to Chicago’s machine politics.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2023
Jealous was, of course, not a blameless casualty of strategic machine politics.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
In his state, machine politics has replaced the illusory rectitude of old boy aristocrats, but Willie is neither an aristocrat nor a machine pol; he’s a solo act.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2020
The Lost River Miner, on the contrary, was unwilling to believe that the younger Blount was acting in the interest of machine politics in taking an employee's place on the railroad pay-roll.
From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Lynde, Francis
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