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there's an old saying that you should let sleeping dogs lie
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In the early years of Islam, when states hardly existed as such in the Arab world, Sharia helped communities to manage their own affairs, based on a set of guidelines drawn from the Quran and on the sayings of the Prophet.
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Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The saying about real estate — location, location, location — has some truth for the annual State of the Union address, too, in describing who sits where.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Politics ain’t beanbag, as the saying goes.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
My accent and ways of saying signaled something different there, something other than modesty.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The saying about real estate — location, location, location — has some truth for the annual State of the Union address, too, in describing who sits where.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Politics ain’t beanbag, as the saying goes.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
My accent and ways of saying signaled something different there, something other than modesty.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for saying
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“Saying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saying. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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