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Recent Examples on the Web The goal of that litigation is simple: use speculative and specious legal theories to convince a jury that chain pharmacies and distribution companies should foot the bill for fixing years of ineffective and misdirected city programs and absent public health leadership. Lauren Sheets Jarrell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024 In these cases, some conservative activists did resort to specious originalist reasoning, but Dennie’s critiques aren’t primarily about applying or avoiding originalist methods. Kenneth W. MacK, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 This means, in theory, that the president could order the department to launch specious prosecutions of his political opponents without ever facing judicial consequences. Sarah Binder, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2024 Here’s a look at the claims that surfaced online following the shooting: Claims of an inside job or false flag are unsubstantiated Many of the more specious claims that surfaced immediately after the shooting sought to blame Trump or his Democratic opponent, President Joe Biden, for the attack. Ali Swenson, Twin Cities, 14 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for specious 

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“Specious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specious. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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