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Recent Examples of slush fund
Without proactive planning, the money turned into a slush fund—and, as expected, it got wasted.
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Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush fund
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Their personal stories also flip their motivations.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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Hinsdale South wrestler Callie Carr had a simple motivation that helped drive her perfect 39-0 record, which was capped off with a state championship.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Columbia University Grad Detained by ICE That is more than the popular petition for regular stimulus checks during the COVID pandemice, which had a little more than 3,050,000 signatures at time of publication.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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And, congressional Republicans have in the past expressed their dislike of providing tax cuts such stimulus checks and expanded Child Tax Credit payments to low-income and middle-income households in the past.—
Christian Weller,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Europe and China both have incentives to step up, for different reasons and with different priorities.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The contract, Schefter said, could be worth up to $7 million with incentives.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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Pérez’s Mimì doesn’t seem to worry about seduction either way; in this production, Rodolfo is the calm from the storm of her life.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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Here, Clay, played by Al Freeman Jr., is a fool too easily lured by Lula’s unhinged seduction, all but assuring his destruction.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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That would be the Park East Freeway, an underused spur that was removed in the 2000s and replaced by a boulevard and the Deer District, an entertainment area for sports and concerts.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
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European allies stress support for Kyiv Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Washington’s decision could act as a spur to a peace agreement.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Garza sees the project as a kind of musical provocation.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2025
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Byström takes the hyper-girl aesthetic that’s so often criticized and turns it into a tool of political provocation—especially in the context of issues such as sexuality and body politics.—
The Glamour editors,
Glamour,
8 Mar. 2025
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And because Disney remakes of one sort or another just keep coming, from Mulan to Pinocchio to The Little Mermaid, the temptation to be cynical about them is enormous.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, growth finance from Series B onwards can be hard to secure and the temptation to sell to a rival or a corporation can be strong.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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