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‘A male may seek a term.’

[⟨det male.nseek.v ⟨det term.n⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Townsend sought and won re – election that year; he is again seeking another term.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In March, Evans said he would not seek another term when his contract expired in September.
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In Wikipedia:

John Stroger, who is also a Democrat, announced earlier that he would seek a fourth term, setting up a race among Claypool, Stroger, and Quigley for the Democratic nomination.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Fifteen years after his pledge to serve 12 years in Congress then come home, John Linder is seeking yet another term in Washington and his Democratic opponent, Doug Heckman, is calling him on it.
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In Wikipedia:

In 2006, Nussle decided to not seek another term in Congress, but instead run for the office of Iowa governor as Tom Vilsack was not seeking another term for that office.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Brownback, who is a lawyer by training, has said he will not seek a third term when his seat is up for reelection in 2010.
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In Wikipedia:

Tower announced in the summer of 1983 that he would not seek a fifth term.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Many environmentalists breathed a sigh of relief when Senator Domenici announced he would not seek another term.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Despite the speculation Martinez won *n’t run again, he said there’s’ ’ no question’ ’ he’ll seek another term.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“To have a mayor that is knowledgeable about financial matters is good, “Koppell said, referring to the very real possibility that Michael Bloomberg would seek a third term if the law were changed.
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In Wikipedia:

He seeks “simple terms” that do not need to be defined in this way, but whose meaning can just be “seen.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Story: After months of speculation about his political future, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to announce on Thursday morning that he will seek a third term as mayor, according to three people who have been told of his plans.
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In Wikipedia:

In March, during his meetings with French President Sarkozy, Tandja explicitly stated that he would not seek a third term.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

However, Smith is currently seeking his third term of 8 years? even after saying in two different elections that he would not seek an additional term if elected.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Many environmentalists breathed a sigh of relief when Senator Domenici announced he would not seek another term.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“It is time that the mayor clearly state his position and not continue this charade,’ ’ said the New York City comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr., who is expected to run for mayor next year – unless, perhaps, Mr. Bloomberg seeks to extend term limits so that he can seek a third term.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Deputy Mayors Edward Skyler, Patricia E. Harris and Kevin Sheekey? have confided to associates that they oppose revising the city’s election laws so that he can seek a third term, according to people familiar with the conversations.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Uribe hasn’t said if he will seek a third term or not, but his approval ratings have soared to above 80 percent following the military rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. contractors from leftist guerrillas.
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In Wikipedia:

He did not seek a second term in office and therefore left Canadian politics following the 1997 federal election.
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Queried on 2013-06-18.