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Your humble correspondent cannot claim to be a communist sympathizer, but shouldn’t we all spare a thought for anyone who has to sit through endless hours of Marxist speeches without so much as a cocktail?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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
Bonner said he was “still surprised” that he had been “dismissed without so much as a phone call from Supervisor Barger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
Ani can be in control of this feeling — and even profit from it — without so much as a bruise to her heart.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024
When she finished, she and her length of yellow silk swept out of the store without so much as a how-do-you-do to me.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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