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It’s also kind of a little bit demeaning to blame residential use for these crises, it’s just a small sliver of the overall consumption. It’s a much bigger problem, and we really need to start bringing in these big industries that are guzzling water during this time of drought. – Amanda Starbuck	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The way you run information operations is, you tell a sliver of truth and lie about the rest, vladimir Putin knows how to do this. He is an ex-KGB agent. – Dan Hoffman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Any sliver of optimism on the trade war front will be viewed in a very positive light, surely both parties can't be happy to move forward with their scorched earth policy. – Stephen Innes	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We lost more than Belle yesterday. One thing that gives me a sliver of encouragement is that Belle was surrounded yesterday by her church family that she loved fiercely and vice versa, as senseless as this tragedy was, our Belle would not have been able to deal with losing so much family yesterday. – Sherri Pomeroy	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We gave Evan the last rites and then we turned off her life support, she was declared brain dead…The hospital kept giving me a sliver of hope. I knew it was wrong, but I wanted it to be true. So I hung on for a week. It’s rough. I feel like I’ve been very, very beaten. I hurt from head to toe with the pain of losing my daughter. – Natalie Wood	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
When we talk about MS-13 and the cartels, what do we mean? We mean international criminal organizations that turn cities and suburbs into warzones, that rape and kill innocent civilians, and who profit by smuggling poison and other human beings across our borders, … It is here on this very sliver of land—on this border—that we take our stand. It is a direct threat to our legal system, peace and prosperity. – Jeff Sessions	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
That's a tiny sliver of their potential. – Michael Baron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

It’s also kind of a little bit demeaning to blame residential use for these crises, it’s just a small sliver of the overall consumption. It’s a much bigger problem, and we really need to start bringing in these big industries that are guzzling water during this time of drought.

– Amanda Starbuck

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The way you run information operations is, you tell a sliver of truth and lie about the rest, vladimir Putin knows how to do this. He is an ex-KGB agent.

– Dan Hoffman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Any sliver of optimism on the trade war front will be viewed in a very positive light, surely both parties can't be happy to move forward with their scorched earth policy.

– Stephen Innes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We lost more than Belle yesterday. One thing that gives me a sliver of encouragement is that Belle was surrounded yesterday by her church family that she loved fiercely and vice versa, as senseless as this tragedy was, our Belle would not have been able to deal with losing so much family yesterday.

– Sherri Pomeroy

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We gave Evan the last rites and then we turned off her life support, she was declared brain dead…The hospital kept giving me a sliver of hope. I knew it was wrong, but I wanted it to be true. So I hung on for a week. It’s rough. I feel like I’ve been very, very beaten. I hurt from head to toe with the pain of losing my daughter.

– Natalie Wood

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

When we talk about MS-13 and the cartels, what do we mean? We mean international criminal organizations that turn cities and suburbs into warzones, that rape and kill innocent civilians, and who profit by smuggling poison and other human beings across our borders, … It is here on this very sliver of land—on this border—that we take our stand. It is a direct threat to our legal system, peace and prosperity.

– Jeff Sessions

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

That's a tiny sliver of their potential.

– Michael Baron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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