neither rhyme nor reason
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Neither rhyme nor reason supports using Mollie Tibbetts’s tragic death as the sole basis on which to implement immigration policy.
From Washington Post
“And so they were taken from the palace and sent far away to the Castle in the Air, and they have not been seen since. That is why today, in all this land, there is neither Rhyme nor Reason.’
From Literature
Sometimes there is neither rhyme nor reason for the way fighters are managed.
From Washington Times
There is neither rhyme nor reason on Twitter; just a lot of shouting by folk in a semi-aroused state of permanent outrage.
From The Guardian
Much of the plot of Downton Abbey has had neither rhyme nor reason over the past five series.
From The Guardian
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