How to Use enter politics in a Sentence

enter politics

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  • The first step was to leave the police force and enter politics.
    New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • The guys don’t go looking for a woman [to enter politics].
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Merkel’s decision to enter politics is the central mystery of an opaque life.
    Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Cawthorn, who was in a car accident as a teenager that left him paralyzed from the waist down, has said his injury inspired him to enter politics.
    Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Scott would go on to star in high school as a football running back, run a small insurance agency, and enter politics as a member of the Charleston County Council.
    USA Today, 23 May 2021
  • Now, 90 percent of Americans don’t want their children to enter politics.
    Douglas Carr, National Review, 11 May 2021
  • Cawthorn, who was in a car accident as a teenager that left him paralyzed from the waist down, said his injury inspired him to enter politics, ending his speech by standing up with the aid of two people onstage.
    USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Along with her support for Mr. Trump, Stefanik is known for her efforts to help Republican women enter politics.
    Grace Segers, CBS News, 6 May 2021
  • Smith was a breakthrough woman who encouraged women to enter politics.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • This poses a problem for women and people of color seeking to enter politics, because electability is a biased concept.
    Regina Bateson, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The journalist wondered if Adrian was going to enter politics or get involved in intelligence.
    Suki Kim, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
  • This year’s recipient is Paola Espinoza, who plans to study political science/pre-law , then law school and possibly enter politics.
    cleveland, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Then suddenly, in early middle age, Raskin decided to enter politics.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
  • After Trump’s election, Hidalgo decided to enter politics and run for local office.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2021
  • His arrest was seen as a watershed moment for Putin’s regime, with the charges widely considered by his supporters and independent observers as retaliation for his efforts to enter politics and challenge Putin.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 27 June 2023
  • In most American political films, men of the people enter politics, encounter a venal and corrupt establishment, and ultimately thwart it.
    The New Republic, 22 June 2023
  • Ahmed, an engineering student paying for university by waiting tables at a downtown Amman restaurant, says reforms encouraging youth to enter politics could pave the way for positive change.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2022

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