as in never
in no way or under no circumstances
The food was so burnt that it was not edible.
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Sugar reconnects with Blaine, the security guard who’d never seen Casablanca, a golden-age Hollywood classic his mom named him after.
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Hezbollah was not part of the talks, which resulted in several ceasefire agreements that were never implemented on the ground.
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Those misses rarely occurred in season two, but three episodes into this season, the bat is flying wildly around the stadium, bonking people in the head in a freak mass-casualty bat-event.
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My olive tone complexion tans easily and rarely burns.
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While the actors and their stunt doubles display impressive moves, and Claudia Sarne’s industrial electronica score keeps the action churning, the many clashes are mostly generic, seldom packing much of a visceral wallop, and the effects work is strictly standard-issue.
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True insanity seldom results from a huge, flaming blowout when driving.
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“Not.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/not. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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