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Bayley Turns Heel On Lyra Valkyria When Becky Lynch defends her WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship against Lyra Valkyria, there will be no disqualifications and no countouts.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025 -
There have been a large amount of disqualifications just twelve races into the season.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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The board meeting, including the line of people so eager to praise Battle and silence her critics, was all so hard to watch, and not just because of the egregious display of incompetence by whomever concocted such a terrible plan.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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Secondly, and speaking of incompetence, Antoni is wholly unqualified.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
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This challenge is exemplified in Huawei’s inability to move beyond the 7-nanometer technology, according to Bloomberg.—
Owen Tedford,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In April, Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, resigned, citing his inability to make decisions free from corporate control.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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If Black and Middlebrooks plan to make that challenge, their lawyers must file petitions alleging incompetency between May 27-29 for Black and between July 7-9 for Middlebrooks.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Mar. 2025
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Outside of your job, take time to strengthen your incompetency by undergoing extra training and courses, and attending events if necessary.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Aug. 2025
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Westcott, 85 — who was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease, a genetic brain disorder, in 2015 — cited mental incapacity as his reason for attempting to rescind the deal.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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But here’s the thing: If the Twins continue to play Vázquez regularly, giving him 44 starts behind the plate compared to 47 for Ryan Jeffers, then maybe there’s another team that also thinks his defense and leadership still cancel out the offensive ineptitude.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Passage to the Europa League final next Wednesday can only go so far to make up for their continued and prolonged ineptitude in the Premier League.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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Compare this to the feckless impotence of Donald Trump or Andrew Cuomo.—
Steven W. Thrasher
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Such offensive impotence magnifies any misstep by a pitcher.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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