The imperial nations sought to expand their empires because they were called a nation without borders so the started to collect and claim as much land as possible to become #1 at the battle of who has more land
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The answer is: <span>they know their term in office means an election is right around the corner.
When election is around the corner, the term that most commonly used in office would be repeated constantly in news media. This increase the usage of the office terms that would not commonly heard otherwise.</span>