nothing doing
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But so much of it still involves nothing: doing nothing, feeling nothing, going nowhere.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
Replays show the ball hit her arm only after bouncing up from her knee, so nothing doing and play continues.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024
And we know that this college basketball season opens with so many coaches handling these issues as they always have: saying nothing, doing nothing.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017
Seeing nothing, hearing nothing, doing nothing on their side of the bridge, on the NJ roads approaching the bridge where they are responsible?
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016
I, of course, was now a step behind Lu, who was blazing around the track like it was nothing, doing everything he could to secure his spot as the lead sprinter.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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