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But I view where we are as five-alarm fire, and if you got a microphone in front of your mouth, you better damn well be talking into it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
To paraphrase the delegate’s argument, she was going to do her part to encourage people to vote whenever she damn well pleased, and was disinclined to submit to scripted choreography dictated by some whippersnapper.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
“If you make a promise, you should keep it, and if you promise women you’re going to help them, then you damn well better do it,” Ms. Mace said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
“Can it send a message to the team? It damn well should because we share in that transaction, all of us do,” McLellan said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
“Yo. You know damn well I love you too.”
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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