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needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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His reasoning was and is that games pitting countries against countries promote the very nationalism that drives so much needless (and bloody) global conflict.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Over the course of the more than two-hour sit-down, the former Fox News host turned online commentator largely refrained from challenging the Russian authoritarian, whose brutal war on Ukraine has led to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
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John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Over the course of the more than two-hour sit-down, the former Fox News host turned online commentator largely refrained from challenging the Russian authoritarian, whose brutal war on Ukraine has led to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Needless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needless. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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