give a damn
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Temperamentally, I do not give a damn what my neighbors own; I have zero envy.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Duke replies with words to the effect that the world doesn't give a damn about him, so he doesn't care about the world either.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
“The people driving this don’t give a damn about the average investor. They’re saying, ‘This is the biggest pot of money that we don’t have our fingers in yet, so let’s go get it.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
People like Joe were asked to give a damn about their fellow humans, and for a shocking number of them, that request was untenable.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
Long as they’ve got a couple o’ hundred humans stuck there with ’em, so they can leech all the happiness out of ’em, they don’ give a damn who’s guilty an’ who’s not.”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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