Tammany
Americanadjective
noun
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“It’s definitely not Tammany Hall,” said Ashford, referring to the storied Democratic political machine that had a grip on New York City politics for nearly a century.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Deftly unraveling the tangled politics of the moment, Mr. Wallace vividly shows La Guardia juggling factions of fusionist Republicans, communists, interventionists, isolationists, Tammany pols and a rat’s nest of the city’s fierce ethnic rivalries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
It named as defendants the city of Antioch, then-Police Chief Tammany Brooks and four officers who responded to a 911 call from Quinto’s family.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024
Benfatti was among an estimated 6,500 St. Bernard residents who moved across Lake Pontchartrain to St. Tammany Parish in the year after the storm, an exodus unlike any other in post-Katrina Louisiana.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2022
And so, if I overheard mention of something I was ignorant about—keeping Kosher, Tammany Hall, haute couture— I researched it later on.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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