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there's an old saying that you should let sleeping dogs lie
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The goal is to avoid more bloodshed and displacement on the path to a reality in which both Jews and Arabs can live in peace and dignity in the two states that ought to exist between—as the saying goes—the river and the sea.
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Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Pride, the saying goes, comes before a fall.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The Pentagon this month displayed a graphic saying Iran had laid new mines in the strait on April 23.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 19 May 2026
What’s that famous saying about hell hath no fury?
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2026
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Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Pride, the saying goes, comes before a fall.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The Pentagon this month displayed a graphic saying Iran had laid new mines in the strait on April 23.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 19 May 2026
What’s that famous saying about hell hath no fury?
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2026
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“Saying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saying. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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