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...And yet, even as they back down from a pointless leadership challenge, the rebel right cannot help themselves. Unwilling to strike, they continue to wound....
...On her return to reality, the “stupid, pointless joy” evoked by the affair provokes a reckoning with Harris and they decide to open up their marriage....
...One pointless symbolic act can lead to serious consequences, as many of us are aware. Robert BostonKingshill, Kent, UK...
...In an atmosphere of deepening mutual suspicion, trying to engage with China on military uses of AI may seem pointless....
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...Wortley said it struck him as “completely pointless” for the Manchester force to say it was investigating a potential offence under the circumstances....
...The crypto universe doesn’t neatly split into conceivably useful and definitely pointless. A split is an invitation for regulatory arbitrage....
...We then flash back to her life among circus folk, our first glimpse of a chorus in motley who infiltrate every scene with a succession of pointless routines. Pacing is all over the place....
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...On the other hand, it hasn’t degenerated into a pointless, over-politicised spending spree, either....
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