Pheu Thai is more likely to win a plurality than a clear majority and then try to entice a few small, venal parties into a governing coalition.

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He is the man of unbending principle, not a venal office-seeker.

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If I hadn't been made by fate to call hoboing a venal sin, there's no place I'd rather have been than sitting by the tracks waiting for my next ride.

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Frequently, the servicing broker (particularly when not a named respondent or defendant in a proceeding) insists that he or she is an innocent being wrongly accused by a venal, disgruntled customer.

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By Russian standards, this was a venial venal sin, if sin at all.

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Culture used to play a poor court jester in a territory where commerce is king and venal is vogue.

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