mightn't
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Mightn’t that be more important than filling the airwaves with more gaseous blah blah?
From Los Angeles Times
Clement Cuthbertson, a DUP councillor for Mid Ulster, said the figures "mightn't be considered that surprising given that Mid Ulster has so many rural roads and important trunk roads that constantly need maintenance".
From BBC
Schumacher concludes that the "vast majority" of police officers "are doing the best they can - and sometimes their best mightn't be that great, but they're trying their best".
From BBC
“There mightn’t be immediate impact,” the 52-year-old said last week as he oversaw workers baking bread in his shop in Cairo, “but if they didn’t find a solution soonest, things would be very difficult.”
From Seattle Times
“We mightn’t be agreed on theology — but we are agreed on bread.”
From New York Times
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