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How to use the word do-nothing in a Sentence? Page #8

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Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.

Elon Musk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

added by Normando
1 year ago

Hunter Biden is a criminal many times over and nothing happens to Hunter Biden, hunter Biden is a criminal many times over — and nothing happens to them.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I did nothing wrong.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This resolution really would present an unduly burdensome and pointless paperwork exercise for VA and will ultimately reveal nothing that is not already known about VA’s wait time calculations.

Mark Takano

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We did nothing but stand with her, so that’s a clear lie, we turned out more Republicans than in previous midterm elections.

Paul Cordes

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There was no malicious attack, the firewalls show that the data was going through, that nothing was being blocked. It was just that the system was slow.

Lisa Black

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The firewalls show that the data was going through, that nothing was being blocked. It was just that the system was slow.

Lisa Black

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There’s nothing that happened here today that would indicate a need to be out here, a need to address some injustice, we had an issue with printers that has been addressed by the good people of Maricopa County.

Bill Gates

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I would say that regardless of your politics, Republican or Democrat, this is a serious problem for New Yorkers and a problem you must deal with before, God forbid, your phone rings, much of the conversation around bail reform has become nothing more than a boxing match over which elections are being decided.

Ethan Williams

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The question is simply what is going on — and if there’s nothing nefarious, then let us know, it’s so ludicrous that you can have something as simple as Tylenol saying where it’s from, then something the complete opposite with no answers.

Di Liberto

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm feeling very good about the race. We are guardedly optimistic, taking nothing for granted. And I do agree with you, there's going to be a red wave election and I can't wait. I can't wait to get back to doing things the way they're supposed to be done.

Mike Lee

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Nothing's forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten.

Robin Hood

added by tay_b
1 year ago

There’s a monster that comes out of me in the ring. I think it goes back to the days when I had nothing. It’s hunger. I think that’s what the monster is and it’s still there.

Marvin Hagler

added by Normando
1 year ago

I have no expectations for COP27 whatsoever because there's been 27 of these meetings and they haven't solved climate change in any one of them, this is literally nothing more than a trade show.

Anthony Watts

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

All they do is they trot out the same old lies, you know, the Republicans want to end Social Security, we want to put it on the chopping block. Nothing could be further from the truth, we want to save Social Security. We want to bring down inflation. We want to reduce massive deficit spending that sparked inflation.

Ron Johnson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

While Republicans chase windmills and rush their MAGA money into out-of-reach districts hoping to catch a couple headlines, Democrats are investing strategically and taking nothing for granted to maintain the path to 218 – while also forcing national Republicans to spend millions to prop up their extreme candidates, we’re confident the MAGA Republicans that would be a rubber stamp for the GOP’s nationwide abortion ban and gutting of Social Security and Medicare will never see the halls of Congress.

Spokesperson Tommy Garcia

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

Christopher McCandless

added by Normando
1 year ago

I understand how a felony is scary, but there is nothing that this law is telling doctors to do or not do that we haven’t always done, we’ve always intervened when we needed to save a woman’s life.

Ingrid Skop

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Tina Kotek spent years as Kate Brown's co-pilot, leading a one-party government that presided over massive homelessness, rising crime, failing schools, and a growing affordability crisis, without Kate Brown, Tina Kotek would have almost nothing to run on, since there was absolutely no daylight between the two on any issue of consequence. It's only right that Oregonians know Tina Kotek is Kate Brown's chosen candidate as they cast their ballots in this crucial election.

John Burke

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The issue is, if you schedule a hearing three months out, and it takes longer than three months to actually file that NTA on the courts … then that immigrant is going to show up in court, and the judge isn't going to really have any record of that case. So essentially nothing can happen.

Austin Kocher

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This is yet another example of Democrats being out of touch with reality, the fact of the matter is Americans are struggling with record high drugs and crime pouring into our country and Democrats do nothing about it.

Zach Nunn

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Because of the timing, our message is being conflated by some as being equivalent to the recent statement by Republican Leader McCarthy threatening an end to aid to Ukraine if Republicans take over, nothing could be further from the truth.

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Republicans have made it clear that if they win control of the Congress, they will shut down the government, refuse to pay our bills, and it will be the first time in the history of America that we will default--unless I yield and cut social security and Medicare … They're threatening to default on the federal debt. There's nothing that would create more chaos, more inflation, more damage to the American economy than this, let me be clear: I will not cut social security. I will not cut Medicare.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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