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Recent Examples of slush fund
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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Perhaps most intriguingly, these principles are even being applied to the field of robotics, with researchers developing tiny mobile robots that can respond to environmental stimuli in ways inspired by natural mechanisms.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
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As consumers returned to dining out, traveling and other services, many fast-food cashiers, front-desk clerks and hair stylists were leery of coming back to in-person jobs and living off generous government stimulus checks and other aid, Hershbein said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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The group has proposed uncapping the tax incentive for productions that shoot in LA County for the next three years as part of the overall disaster relief effort as well as calling on the studios and streamers to pledge at least 10% more production in LA over the next three years.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 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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As this seduction of sorts happens, Hannah lurks in the background worried her child will end up disappointed, while also growing increasingly worried about Jim’s ever-encroaching mortality.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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Bars, dancefloors, pools, and house parties all come to mind as Kehlani straddles the thin line between flirtation and seduction.—
Stephen Kearse,
TIME,
9 Dec. 2024
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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 18 Feb. 2025.
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