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Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Ruling party rebuked Public frustration with the LDP is rooted in the party’s recent slush fund scandal, which came at a time when many Japanese are caught between stagnant wages and rising prices.
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Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2024
But voters in the world’s fourth-largest economy have been rankled by rising prices and the fallout from a party slush fund scandal that helped sink previous premier Fumio Kishida.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
When a slush fund scandal came to light in 2023, four cabinet ministers, as well as other senior party officials, were replaced by former PM Kishida.
—Lim Hui Jie,matt Clinch, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
Recommended Dignity Once ‘extinct’ in Canada, the Sinixt people are reclaiming their ancestral home
Campaigning amid scandal
Since last November, a few party factions have been accused of failing to report revenue from fundraising parties and amassing millions of dollars in slush funds.
—Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
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Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2024
But voters in the world’s fourth-largest economy have been rankled by rising prices and the fallout from a party slush fund scandal that helped sink previous premier Fumio Kishida.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
When a slush fund scandal came to light in 2023, four cabinet ministers, as well as other senior party officials, were replaced by former PM Kishida.
—Lim Hui Jie,matt Clinch, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
Recommended Dignity Once ‘extinct’ in Canada, the Sinixt people are reclaiming their ancestral home
Campaigning amid scandal
Since last November, a few party factions have been accused of failing to report revenue from fundraising parties and amassing millions of dollars in slush funds.
—Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush fund
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Mahomes' opponent, the Eagles, will also have some motivation.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping family members keep track of their medications – which can get complicated.—
Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News,
Boston Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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Deal-making activity in China ramps up Merger and acquisition deals in China are starting to rebound as Beijing’s stimulus measures start to bear fruit, while pressure from Donald Trump’s tariffs is also driving industry consolidation.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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The other half, to set up a community advisory panel to help operate the monitors and publish the results, is coming from the federal government’s COVID-19 stimulus spending.—
John Lippert,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Trump has also moved to end a $7,500 federal tax credit for new EV purchases, an incentive for which Tesla buyers were the top beneficiaries.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2025
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The consumption slump, worsened by weak consumer and business confidence and the near collapse of the property sector, has prompted Beijing to loosen its monetary policy and pursue various forms of stimulus, including pay increases in for civil servants and tax incentives for property purchases.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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Yet jewelers are hardly the only ones who have fallen prey to the snake’s powers of seduction.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ellen has not really succumbed to his seduction, but has sacrificed herself for a noble cause, ensuring her soul is purified and free, not bound to the damned soul of the undead Orlok.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Freeman underwent surgery on Nov. 30 to remove the chip and shave down the spurs.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Out sprawled a wild sea of glass eyes, silver spurs and mystery elixirs locked into filmy jars.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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The attack occurred without any provocation and the victim had never seen the assailant before, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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That’s impossible to say, in part because business leaders haven’t been out in front of Trump’s tariff policy in any broadly public way, and because no one can be sure why Trump had decided to impose steep tariffs on America’s most important trading partners without provocation.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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Resist the temptation to dramatize the details out of proportion and look at it in the context of the bigger picture of your life.—
Sandy Thibault,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Canadians and others must resist the temptation to lash out.—
Jonathan Berkshire Miller,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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