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there's an old saying that you should let sleeping dogs lie
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Pro-Palestinian activists view the phrase as a call for global support of Palestinian resistance against Israel, but many Jewish people view the saying as antisemitic and a call for violence.
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
There’s a saying that time is a flat circle, and that has applied to music as well, with songs from over a decade ago recirculating and trending on TikTok for a brand new generation.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
But folding them into the once relatively honest State Police proved again the truth of the old saying.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
The friends who are giving their commentary don’t have a penny in that nickel, as the saying goes.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
There’s a saying that time is a flat circle, and that has applied to music as well, with songs from over a decade ago recirculating and trending on TikTok for a brand new generation.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
But folding them into the once relatively honest State Police proved again the truth of the old saying.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
The friends who are giving their commentary don’t have a penny in that nickel, as the saying goes.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Saying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saying. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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