without fail
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Taking its name from the image of a spinning phonograph record, "Revolver" has proven to be an even more prescient metaphor for understanding the Beatles' phenomenal success: it's a near certainty that the LP has been playing somewhere, without fail, in every minute of every hour since music lovers first laid their hands on the album during that long-ago summer.
From Salon
This has worked for over three years without fail.
From Washington Post
Just one of a series of isolated, totally spontaneous Trump-adjacent design mistakes that have been happening consistently without fail for the past five years!
From Washington Post
But almost without fail, the governor had reinforcements.
From New York Times
Hlaing said Sunday the state of emergency will achieve its objectives by August 2023 and pledged “to hold the multiparty general election without fail.”
From Seattle Times
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