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I landed in Seattle from Rome last week and cleared passport control in seconds without so much as pulling out my passport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
I asked ChatGPT, too, and it spit out a whole seminar on how to listen better and “consider her love language,” without so much as a one-click discounted bath bomb in sight.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
But in 2024, years after her series ran its course, a major reveal about her mental capacity came down without so much as a word from Williams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
All of it without so much as a shred of evidence.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
"My sense," wrote one, "is that Jupiter will swallow these comets up without so much as a burp."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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