The press-pack mentality that followed, however, was boosting a flimsy report with even more flimsy reporting.
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One creates talismans that make people change colors while shaking them, while another makes flimsy art that easily falls apart because the artist himself is flimsy.
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"Respectfully, I would call it flimsy," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, criticizing the story as "a bunch of flimsy pieces of information all tied together to create a sensational" narrative.
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For anyone familiar with CICIG's charter, such arguments are flimsy.
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It's a bit awkward to open and feels pretty flimsy.
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The tablet is lightweight and all plastic without feeling flimsy.
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Ditch the flimsy wheel and wield some sturdy scissors instead.
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It seems to be very durable, not flimsy at all.
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The foundations of this administration were flimsy to begin with.
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A sign on a flimsy barrier says, "Do not enter".
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SOME African migrants forge across the Mediterranean in flimsy boats.
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The guards rest fitfully in flimsy forest huts between shifts.
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The next night, they were directed to a flimsy shack.
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" The New York Times called the symphony "trivial" and "flimsy.
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The elastic waistband felt sturdy, but the bottom seemed flimsy.
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Time and again, the regime filed flimsy complaints against Abbas.
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Or the tampon applicator was flimsy and difficult to use.
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Trump administration officials offered flimsy justifications for the budget cuts.
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If you must use plastic, beware the flimsy pretend stemware.
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Fortunately he missed her and hit the flimsy wall instead.
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There's something equally flimsy and phony about the final scene.
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Fears that migrants will endanger the public are similarly flimsy.
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Hang him!' because they now have some slight, flimsy f—— pretense.
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And other than the flimsy hospital gown, I was still naked.
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As does that flimsy excuse for a kickstand on the back.
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During the reporters' trial, she hid behind the prosecution's flimsy arguments.
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Even the light, flimsy forks and spoons are legit G.D.R. throwbacks.
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The hinge also feels flimsy and cheap for a $1500 phone.
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The tweet shatters the White House's flimsy defense that Lt. Col.
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All sensible enough, but each prong, on closer inspection, looks flimsy.
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Gaping holes had been ripped in the flimsy mesh fence border.
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Thousands more live in flimsy homes that can easily wash away.
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You wield flimsy firearms instead of magical incantations or ancient swords.
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The due-process complaint is similarly flimsy, according to Judge Sutton.
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Inside the clinic, flimsy curtains separate consulting spaces from each other.
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Most sailed from Libya in flimsy vessels operated by people smugglers.
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It's better than, say, Acer's flimsy-feeling Windows Mixed Reality headset.
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But a chat log alone is a flimsy piece of evidence.
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Since the shell is lightweight, it can feel a little flimsy.
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The foldings would be super flimsy and so on, totally impractical.
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And he's offered pretty flimsy denials about whether he will run.
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And it's kind of flimsy and doesn't have a temperature gauge.
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The downside of tubular latches is that they can be flimsy.
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Pros:Lightweight, highly durable, spacious, many packing featuresCons:Plastic buckles are somewhat flimsy
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The steering is a strange combination of flimsy, imprecise, and heavy.
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That night we camped in flimsy tents, like windbreakers on hangers.
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It didn't help that what they did show looked flimsy. Literally.
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But his prescriptions to do those things are flimsy at best.
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But such cursoriness becomes flimsy when it's stretched across multiple episodes.
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The law firm and FBI job excuse are flimsy -- at best.
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A flimsy coalition has sidelined Italy's far-right populist, Matteo Salvini.
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But, all I can find is flimsy looking pain au chocolats.
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In both cases, the alleged musical connection is flimsy at best.
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I chafed against my diaries' flimsy locks, their too small dimensions.
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Some were victims of mistaken identity or held on flimsy evidence.
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Nearby, three Syrian men share a flimsy tent designed for two.
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Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) is first spotted wearing a flimsy tunic.
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DOE's proposal is flimsy: factually unsupported, analytically flawed, and legally deficient.
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And if we walk down, you can see, it&aposs pretty flimsy.
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In fact, the only legitimate option has been Apple's own flimsy cable.
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Booth and Underwood are pushing the limits of The Bachelor's flimsy premise.
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It's a flimsy power play, but Serena takes what she can get.
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Since January several prominent opposition figures have been arrested on flimsy charges.
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LONDON — Ever looked at Superman and wondered about his mildly flimsy disguise?
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Most sailed from lawless Libya in flimsy vessels operated by people smugglers.
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A man who was put away on flimsy evidence was set free.
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And that's because the Click & Grow smart garden is a flimsy device.
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That's an astonishingly flimsy rationale for allowing a state to kill someone.
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That definitely sounds like a flimsy excuse to slide into the DMs.
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He made all sorts of flimsy excuses for refusing to do so.
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The next day, a flimsy craft capsized with hundreds of people aboard.
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Survivors described being crammed onto a flimsy vessel filled with 670 people.
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The law's privacy protections turn out to be quite flimsy in practice.
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It's so thin, that certain parts—like the display itself—feels flimsy.
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I could have scaled the flimsy walls, and there was no roof.
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The LooksA few years back, Samsung's flagship handsets felt flimsy and plasticky.
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Then traffickers pack migrants into flimsy and overcrowded vessels that often sink.
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It's noted for underwhelming construction: creaky plastic and flimsy flip-out feet.
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Everyone, from the director on down, was issued a flimsy blue helmet.
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Her Jesus defense from the season 9 premiere is flimsy at best.
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The screen feels more sturdy than the Galaxy Fold, which felt flimsy.
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Unlike Carl's Jr.'s fries, these feel thin, flimsy, and ultimately unsatisfying.
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And Greece's hold on its place in the currency union remains flimsy.
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He is a propagandist, pushing for conservative causes, often with flimsy arguments.
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They are fractured shapes on flimsy cardboard to comment on our consumer tendencies.
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But a flimsy mask will not significantly reduce risk of infection, he adds.
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Treason cases are often based on flimsy evidence and rarely lead to convictions.
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In spite of their considerable bulk, these headphones feel decidedly flimsy and unconvincing.
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That flimsy little thong is the only thing that stands in his way.
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They have increasingly indulged their habit of arresting dual nationals on flimsy grounds.
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Update: They're also flimsy and broke after a couple months of light use.
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Of course, these too appear to be lies — or at least flimsy excuses.
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We&aposll we&aposre going to tell you how flimsy it really is.
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The first iteration of the "travel ban" was too legally flimsy to live.
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The Americans wanted to avoid this because their case was flimsy, critics say.
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Save it for someone who has expressed anger at their own, flimsy umbrella.
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A reliable carry-on that's not a flimsy duffle bag is a must.
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But none of this made sense, and her flimsy excuses all fell apart.
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Much of the region's population occupies housing too flimsy to withstand severe storms.
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It's questionable whether "Dancer," flimsy as it is, would have even been made.
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But Trump's citation of this flimsy paper doesn't even get the facts right.
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Otherwise, it's a tepid midtempo dance song built around a flimsy guitar figure.
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And this isn't made of flimsy material either — it's made of solid wood.
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They are small, flimsy, and not particularly beautiful; no aura hovers over them.
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I've snapped propellers and once cracked a panel on a particularly flimsy quadcopter.
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Hernandez said the dogs weren't properly restrained and the fence was too flimsy.
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The gingham dress had less-comfortable fabric but wasn't see-through or flimsy.
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What memories I have are flimsy and vague and colored by adolescent angst.
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But a higher court recently granted an appeal, saying the evidence was flimsy.
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By its own flimsy membership rules, Instagram prohibits accounts to children under 13.
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In his view, corruption is too flimsy a justification for regulating campaign finance.
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Watch as he gets "creative" with fishing on such a flimsy stamina bar.
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The paramedic hands me a little, slightly flimsy frosted plastic cup of water.
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But it's way too flimsy of a record to stand on its own.
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We deserve the solidly built and thoughtfully designed, not the shoddy and flimsy.
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Leave the campfire for now, but make sure to craft the flimsy net.
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It is a flimsy basis for confronting a major trading partner like China.
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That was already a flimsy claim; Trump didn't release the money until Sept.
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I stop when tired and praise my flimsy knee for its good work.
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Flimsy and incomplete as they are, those returns nonetheless contain some startling revelations.
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And the flimsy story, not just the role of Sally Adams, requires that.
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Has a prominent world leader refused to visit your country under a flimsy pretext?
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The vessels are often flimsy and ill-equipped for the journey across the Mediterranean.
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It's cheap and flimsy, probably, and most certainly bigger than it needs to be.
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I always thought the Bose QuietComfort 22 II headset felt a little bit flimsy.
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Most first arrived in flimsy boats in Greece but now head mainly to Italy.
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To be "safe" (nothing about this is safe) Swingler included a flimsy breathing tube.
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The vehicles were too flimsy to survive the massive roadside bombs favored by insurgents.
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A second problem is that many African governments are flimsy, incompetent, authoritarian or rapacious.
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Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader, has been imprisoned since 2015 on flimsy sodomy charges.
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We don't know the paper type, though, so it's entirely possible they'll be flimsy.
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Still, it's hard to shake the feeling that the case is a bit flimsy.
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They don't want to start booting drivers off the platform based on flimsy evidence.
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Eyewitness testimony against them was shaky and the prosecution case flimsy, the justices declared.
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Even when cases are flimsy, defendants may see little option but to plead guilty.
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But what does the new order do to address even the flimsy legal challenges?
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This makes the flimsy, 200-health Teleporter and its new sibling harder to destroy.
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Hossa's flimsy, sour grapes rationale is the worst of the arguments against reviewing offside.
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Republicans and those who support their flimsy defense of the president should be ashamed.
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I have paid more for other scarves that were much more thin and flimsy.
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Some of these objections are flimsy, especially given the urgent need for the bill.
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Thankfully, Will finally puts a stop to the singer-songwriter-Twitter sexist's flimsy excuse.
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Smugglers usually pack them into flimsy inflatable boats that often break down or sink.
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It apparently has a plot, albeit an extremely flimsy one, so—wait a second.
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They form a flimsy barricade watched over by a couple of dozen local residents.
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The tangle-free cord feels flimsy, and I don't trust the durability of them.
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Many cases involve flimsy or inconclusive evidence and don't result in findings of liability.
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Past gripes with Beats headphones include questionable design decisions that lead to flimsy headphones.
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"If it's too flimsy, it won't preserve the shape at the shoulders," she says.
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That's because the lower court decisions against the administration were transparently partisan and flimsy.
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Modern computing security is like a flimsy house that needs to be fundamentally rebuilt.
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We can take heart that there remain at least some notification safeguards, if flimsy.
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But at least one frequent Trump critic offered a perhaps more flimsy excuse: Sen.
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The tortilla was flimsy and basically ungrilled, and the inside was even more unappetizing.
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The headset itself is remarkably light, but as Stan said, it felt extremely flimsy.
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If your bed is a flimsy piece of shit, have sex on the floor.
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It squeaked at the slightest movement, felt flimsy, and was labor-intensive to build.
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I flipped through a few flimsy pages of stock photo smiles beaming encouragingly, iridescent.
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And it's frightening to see such large policies being contemplated on such flimsy data.
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It takes a long time for this dim, flimsy thingamabob to accept his own sentience.
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Helem Amer, 85, wrapped herself in a blanket in her flimsy shelter at that camp.
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There's a little, very flimsy door that covers the USB port to keep liquid out.
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Others cram into slums, or erect flimsy shelters from tarpaulin and plywood on work sites.
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Thousands of people have perished trying to cross the Mediterranean in flimsy vessels since 2015.
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They also come in a charging case, but it feels flimsy, like a takeout container.
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The flimsy little booklets are positioned beside supposed high-quality material and get downloaded vigorously.
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Like Gillespie's ads, Guadagno's campaign is offering a kind of flimsy guilt-by-association argument.
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It is a nightmarish landscape in which flimsy wood-frame homes adjoin a local bar.
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Several were in distress, having been burnt by fuel leaking from their flimsy rubber dinghies.
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Mangkhut's winds blew down flimsy buildings, tore the roofs off sturdier ones and felled trees.
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But it also offers a reminder of how flimsy nondiscrimination laws are for LGBTQ people.
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But, Jane isn't merely some flimsy melodrama sudsing up the CW's schedule every Friday night.
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They huddle in the rain, their sneakers muddy, their jackets too flimsy for the cold.
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MLB decided to take that flimsy defense at face value, and considers the matter closed.
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The saw teeth beat the (considerably flimsy) cockpit door in, exposing the dummy pilot inside.
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MORE: ISIS sends "suicide squads" to Mosul The women dove under their flimsy wooden cots.
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Too many key presses went unregistered, and the keys themselves felt overly flimsy and cheap.
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The story is too flimsy and light, perhaps because it's a half-hour network comedy.
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A user in Japan was witness to exactly how flimsy those mechanical arms can be.
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Director Kari Skogland imbues this balance with thematic weight, lending solidity to a flimsy script.
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As a result, the scene feels lifeless, flimsy, and more than a little tension-free.
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Let's note that his flimsy excuse isn't really an excuse for his behavior at all.
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Warmus' new lawyer, James Lenihan, told Phillips the evidence presented by the state is flimsy.
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He constantly flies around on flimsy wings that couldn't possibly support his bulbous, lazy body.
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The details on Twitter's new plan to enforce violent content are a bit more flimsy.
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Suddenly, a massive wave knocks your flimsy holder over, destroying everything you ever cared about.
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So the case to further negative rates at this point is flimsy, if not risque.
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On that day, the flimsy protections of the new federal plans will prove their inadequacies.
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It gave this virtual space a flimsy physicality that I was interested in playing in.
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Using a flimsy liftgate, the men load the cart into the back of the truck.
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YouTube channel, The Film Theorists, uses this already flimsy argument to link other movies together.
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But excessively rapid growth, built on flimsy business models, risks doing more harm than good.
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CIS's research methodology is so flimsy that even hard-core conservative organizations have condemned it.
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For Europe, Britain's departure would be like a first brick pulled from a flimsy wall.
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But shelters remain flimsy and hard to come by, leaving many migrants wet and cold.
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COX'S BAZAR/YANGON (Reuters) - They came in boats, others on flimsy rafts, some even swam.
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Six examples of flips and one counterflip provide flimsy evidence of a favorite son factor.
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Strewn around our necks, ankles, and wrists, the flimsy metal baubles were anything but luxurious.
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A few reviewers have mentioned that they found the straps to feel cheap or flimsy.
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Pros: Easy to organize, includes storage cubes, comfortable, roomy, lightweightCons: Some users report flimsy straps
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The tray table was far from the small, flimsy plastic versions you find on airplanes.
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Here the three big ones -- which range from flimsy (at best) to dangerous (at worst).
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Aside from the brush roller, the other two attachments are basic and a bit flimsy.
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Between classes, students warm their cold fingers around flimsy paper cups filled with steaming salep.
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The aspirations of his tribe were close and palpable while mine seemed flimsy and distant.
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I tried to make my case, aware of how flimsy and amoral my ambitions sounded.
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Chrome provided a flimsy excuse for why it won't do more to protect its users.
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It&aposs flimsy, weak, and doesn&apost satisfyingly snap into place like I&aposd expected.
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The name of a cursed thing, a monster of cheap plastic and flimsy buttons: MadCatz.
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This flimsy security has unsurprisingly been of great interest to intelligence organizations like the CIA.
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Meals are spent in pain, or filled with worry that a flimsy chair might collapse.
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Inherently flimsy security standards embedded in most caller ID systems also make spoofing relatively trivial.
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In addition, the data behind narcotics for long-term management of back pain is flimsy.
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Those on the left see it as a flimsy and patchy safety-net that needs expanding.
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The sort of fence most Kenyan smallholders can afford is too flimsy to exclude an elephant.
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Those metal brushes, underneath the cars, getting all feathered and flimsy and finally just falling apart.
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday the French accusations were "strange and flimsy".
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Most now live in flimsy, bamboo-and-plastic structures perched on what were once forested hills.
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His pregnant wife, living with him in a flimsy tent, their only shelter, suffered a miscarriage.
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The evidence against Ayman, a secondary school student at the time, appears to have been flimsy.
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The resemblance between those ugly, cheap things — ceramic dishes, plastic bowls and cups, flimsy umbrellas, etc.
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Indian media report, with flimsy evidence, that Pakistan pays protesters 500 rupees ($8) per projectile hurled.
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Now, a single flimsy metal entrance gate is all that remains of the once-formidable defenses.
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" In the predictably flimsy and characteristically late response, Sandberg denounced conspiracy theories targeting Soros as "abhorrent.
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For the most part, people obey rules without questioning their often flimsy or non-existent rationale.
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Researchers made a thermally responsive polymer: A flimsy but powerful material that could encase a battery.
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When Chow landed on it, he tore through the flimsy material and plunged down four floors.
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If you work in an open…Read more ReadThe XB900N feel a little flimsy, for example.
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We've all thought about making flimsy fake VIP passes to get into some fancy party, right?
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Which is a shame, because it obscures how flimsy the second half of her argument is.
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It's irrational to argue that a media outlet can be flimsy yet capable of destroying lives.
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Really, it's a pouch, a flimsy thing with a wide opening that barely contains the earphones.
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The keyboard itself isn't remarkable on first glance: it's a bit flimsy and doesn't inspire confidence.
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More than 10,000 – a third of them children – are camped in flimsy tents near the fence.
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I put away my plastic sphygmomanometer and snap the flimsy clasp of my counterfeit black bag.
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It's small and light, and has a solid aluminum build that doesn't make it feel flimsy.
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Public opinion on this issue matters because there are flimsy legal protections for journalists and leakers.
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Cars' glass windows and metal frames make them too flimsy to protect you from nuclear fallout.
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The material is more durable and comfortable than one of those sad and flimsy plastic caps.
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I wish the design felt a bit more substantial; the flimsy feel can be off-putting.
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What results is a shallow character study supported by equally flimsy ties to important-sounding ideas.
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He nestled it next to the flimsy grave marker and snapped a picture with his phone.
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But this type of open-toe sandal has a reputation for being plasticky, flimsy, and uncomfortable.
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How much does eating something out of a flimsy plastic container impact your enjoyment of it?
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And the story is so flimsy from day one—like, how did we all believe it?
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The sun was flimsy ghost-light now, a dull strip of spandex melting onto the trees.
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The flimsy inflatable pontoons proved to be worthless as the helicopter flipped over in the water.
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The EVO 2900-S's creaky hinges and flimsy, plastic lid make for an iffy first impression.
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Once you do, Nook will send you recipes to craft a flimsy bug net and campfire.
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These tools are "Flimsy" level, which means that they'll break if you use them too much.
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But the characters and their relationships are too flimsy to give the drama its full heft.
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Many on board doubted they would make it there — at least not on this flimsy craft.
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The normal brush tip is so flimsy and soft; there&aposs really no strength in it.
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All that kept a distracted or careless worker from falling was some flimsy yellow hazard tape.
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The flimsy cardboard box features one comic strip to keep you entertained throughout your entire meal.
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It takes quite a while, and the result looks terrifyingly flimsy for use on rough seas.
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We tried a couple of flimsy beds from the pet store and it just never worked.
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My opinions on it were flimsy until I read the Humans Of New York Facebook page.
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But even in that context, his latest threat against CNN and the Daily Beast is flimsy.
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Trump claimed vindication with the memo's release, but critics dismissed the document as flimsy and incomplete.
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But no matter who they are, most carry flimsy black sacks — bags for the inmates' laundry.
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It is an incredibly flimsy article and it should never have passed muster with NYT editors.
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He told Graham their faith was flimsy and urged him to study at a top seminary.
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A record 181,000 made the journey last year, most on flimsy boats run by people-smugglers.
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And the way you poured a can of ginger ale into this flimsy plastic cup — mwah!
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You can look right through it and, while stout, it feels flimsy and airy, half-apparitional.
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Those flimsy wastes of paper, decimating our planet one dumb sheet of tree at a time.
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In "Being Frank," an alleged comedy set in 1992, Philip (Logan Miller) is a vaguely grungy rebel who longs to leave his small town to study music at N.Y.U. Philip has flimsy plans to suit his flimsy character — his only meaningful trait is his filial resentment.
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GAETZ: It sort of seems like a flimsy distinction, maybe a distinction without a difference to me.
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Instead of providing your fingertips with solid feedback, the dual rear wheels have a flimsy, wobbly feel.
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But it doesn't take more than a tiny bit of prodding to see through that flimsy argument.
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Samsung's hinges on both Odyssey laptops are flimsy, nothing approaching the hydraulic motion of, say, Lenovo's ThinkPads.
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Video taken in the village of Ektiasal showed the beast wandering around and knocking over flimsy huts.
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As we know now, those claims were based on flimsy evidence and turned out to be incorrect.
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Flimsy plastic really shouldn't cost this much The ear pads on the Solo 23s are not replaceable.
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They were sturdy and shaped like squares — none of the flimsy round things from summer picnic parties.
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Usually, hydrogels are too flimsy to move with any sort of speed or force without falling apart.
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Apparently it doesn't menace only flimsy terrace furniture and small barbecue grills, but potential friendships as well.
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But it was all a flimsy cover for the fear that was creeping into my daily life.
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The rest of the brief conversation is a combination of weak smiles, flimsy hugs, and strained conversation.
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It's hard to pinpoint tangible steps we can take toward safety, because it's such a flimsy concept.
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When it comes time to talk theories, you're the one with real answers and not flimsy guesses.
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Soon enough though, the jokes run dry and the story, which is flimsy anyway, feels over-stretched.
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She calls the idea of taxation a "flimsy excuse" promoted by the government to restrict free speech.
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Admittedly, the charges brought against Assange by the U.S. Justice Department are pretty flimsy, all things considered.
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Until Trump's loudest detractors realize this, he'll continue steamrolling over every flimsy barrier they set before him.
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It just makes no sense to write off the rest of the year on such flimsy evidence.
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Meaning, I prefer deep dish to flimsy paper-thin slices that must be folded to be eaten.
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Some would say police shootings continue and rapists like Brock Turner get flimsy sentences; nothing has changed.
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Many of migrants staying here have only flimsy tents that are not meant for bad weather conditions.
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But I put too much stock in the flimsy notion that it had a built-in limit.
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They hated its wobbly time-travel devices, its flimsy motivations — and most of all, its Sad Hatter.
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Now, the $27 billion industry peddles flimsy products that often contain concerning chemicals and quickly fall apart.
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Those hints and clues — sometimes flimsy, sometimes accurate — are then amplified by tech sites and social media.
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That explains why there aren't many flimsy straws or plastic bags in the garbage patch, he said.
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Some things should be torn down, if only to reveal how flimsy they were to begin with.
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Like an invisible glue holding together the flimsy fabric of one of the UK's most impoverished cities.
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It can be a full-time job, just shoring up of this flimsy superficial construction of identity.
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The conventional wisdom that higher wages inevitably lead to higher prices, however, is flimsy, some economists argue.
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Sometimes the residents haven't locked up; sometimes the uninvited guest breaks through a window or flimsy door.
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Wind snapped the flimsy walls and blew frozen mist across the fields outside, but inside was warm.
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Sheffield's case is complicated by his ties to performance-enhancing drugs, but the link is somewhat flimsy.
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"Yomeddine" makes its strongest impression through the direction and performances; at times, the story is rather flimsy.
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Bullets thumped into the water around the boat, the Afaq, then rippled through its flimsy wooden hull.
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Misha Tseytlin, Wisconsin's solicitor general, said the challengers were relying on flimsy and hypothetical social science evidence.
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Some Amazon reviewers found it a bit too lightweight and "flimsy" and thus easy to knock over.
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Families are packed into flimsy shelters at an average density of about 103,000 people per square mile.
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Pros: Smooth operation, compact body, easy assembly, great priceCons: Only moderately intensive, no resistance, flimsy for some
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Include a report from an engineer or an architect supporting your position — otherwise, your case is flimsy.
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Growing numbers of migrants are attempting the crossing in flimsy, overcrowded boats as the spring weather improves.
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Pros: Reduces effort needed to loosen ice, long power cord, power indicator lightCons: Rather flimsy plastic housing
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Opinion Columnist Kamala Harris folded her tent, and on that patch of ground, many flimsy theories bloomed.
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She drove me to Sears to buy my first "power suit," a flimsy gray skirt and jacket.
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Buyers found that though the stand is made of plastic, it does not feel flimsy at all.
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A Trump-Putin summit and deal, however flimsy, would start changing the landscape as well as the weather.
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I often hear the flimsy excuse that women are highlighted in music to encourage other women to play.
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Netflix (1997)First its flimsy red mailers freed us from schlepping on Friday nights to the neighborhood Blockbuster.
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His only furniture is a concrete slab with a flimsy mattress, and a stainless steel toilet and sink.
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Before the deal was struck around 50,000 people crossed the Aegean to Greece on flimsy boats each month.
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Charles Komanoff, a transportation analyst, called the study "unbelievably flimsy" and questioned the research model the city used.
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The real world really invaded the fantasy of The Bachelorette tonight, and everything's looking pretty flimsy in comparison.
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Made from flimsy materials that would never float, they were "death jackets", Mr Flanagan wrote; tombstones in disguise.
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Eventually, the heart is whittled down to a flimsy wad of scar tissue and that's basically the end.
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But it could be dragged down by flimsy launch titles or a killer exclusive on a competing platform.
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Though flimsy flip-flops may be an easy go-to, your summer shoe collection deserves so much more.
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He effortlessly (or at least it looks like that) breathes life into tattered, flimsy, and even wistful forms.
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They're not cheap at $350, a price point not far off from the very flimsy Beats Studio Wireless.
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Omnia P5 Wall Charger + Travel Plugs — $44.99 See Details Want a flimsy cable that'll fray in mere days?
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The Galaxy Book uses the case as a hinge and it is exactly as flimsy as you'd expect.
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She changed her name, shed traditional dress for flimsy Western outfits, and started posting online videos of herself.
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Is there anything worse than having a flimsy, lightweight keyboard sliding all over your desk while you type?
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"I admit that sounds flimsy, but historically it's been a very effective way to spot bottoms, " he said.
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But rather than owning up, Barr instead offered up a flimsy legal justification for his baldly political act.
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In a world of flimsy, shiny laptops the ThinkPad X1 Carbon sets itself apart with its 90s look.
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South African prosecutors withdrew flimsy charges of fraud that had been brought against the finance minister, Pravin Gordhan.
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There would need to be more evidence Right now, arguments for impeachment are resting on potentially flimsy claims.
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This rather flimsy line of argument was accepted, and a representative of the state prosecution service urged acquittal.
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The super extra friend is here to stay, especially when they're climbing flimsy ladders and capturing sweet shots.
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Those detained are reportedly often used for leverage in international negotiations and held on flimsy espionage-related pretenses.
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The loose fit of the Clingers mirrors the look of the popular sock boots, without being as flimsy.
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But to Aneta Bartos, taboos are like the flimsy red ribbons of finish lines: built to be broken.
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To my ears, however, it was as if they were within mere yards of my flimsy camper door.
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Tariffs or flimsy labor standards agreements will do nothing to ensure that America has the talent it needs.
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But our collective consumption with the physics of slightly-too-soft footballs always felt a little, well, flimsy.
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The distance isn't that far, but the flimsy makeshift raft and paddles are ineffective and progress is slow.
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Cooking irons, available at Camp Chef, from $18No more flimsy sticks or dropping precious dinners into the fire.
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After being dangled like flimsy, adorable props in previous episodes, the children were dispensed with entirely this week.
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But these these are flimsy bandages rather than solutions, and, honestly, who feels like spending the extra money?
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Clothing quality: I was not thrilled with the flimsy fabric of this particular gown, despite its glowing reviews.
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Even a doorstopper of a novel like 'The Mirror and the Light' can be made to feel flimsy.
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The all-conquering love hymned in the classic musical was beginning to look like an increasingly flimsy fiction.
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Turkey should free Kurdish lawmakers and mayors being held on flimsy terror charges and resume stalled peace talks.
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The flimsy dramatic arc, conflicting details and distractingly attractive cast serve to foreground the show's look and feel.
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Cons: Somewhat flimsy Buy the Cuisinart WMR-CA Round Classic Waffle Maker on Amazon for $27.99 (originally $55.00)
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A Mexican man, holding a child, reached through a low, flimsy barbed-wire fence to shake her hand.
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The lightweight design feels rather flimsy as well, although we haven't had any issues in terms of durability.
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Her reports were often described as flimsy and reckless, but she uncovered and drew attention to multiple scandals.
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Trump's more outrageous bombast may prove an even more flimsy construct, not just failing once but multiple times.
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And anything light enough to get easily into orbit would be so flimsy it wouldn't survive the trip.
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But VanderMeer's brilliant formal tricks make love feel abstract and unconvincing by the end, a flimsy human ideal.
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Critics, though, say the argument is flimsy and will worsen economic relations globally, possibly triggering a trade war.
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Suppose the bad guy's in a room with a flimsy window shade, like in old film noir movies.
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But the epithet has earned the connotation among nations whose flimsy governing institutions are corrupt, arbitrary and incompetent.
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Stone grew up in a political underworld where you can slide by with cheap shots and flimsy denials.
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His methodology of studying the past by talking to tour guides and walking a city's streets is also flimsy.
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It feels extremely flimsy in the hand, even when you aren't accidentally shattering it with 14 pounds of longboard.
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Each has a flimsy justification (they're blocking the road; they stole money from me) and are often atrociously acted.
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Even a character in the show itself calls out this flimsy reasoning as "some outdated notion of chivalry" bullshit.
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Sheertex's indestructible pantyhosePhoto: Victoria Song (Gizmodo)Anyone who has ever worn pantyhose knows how flimsy the damn things are.
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The worst part is, restaurants often give you the flimsy ones that don't hold up for a second use.
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Strip that flimsy structure away and there's nothing left to guide you through the randomness except your own imagination.
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Except, just like in the case of Jason Bateman's Ozark and Breaking Bad, the comparison is flimsy at best.
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A flimsy room divider seemed like enough to section off the room and make the space feel like mine.
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Nothing irritates Eurocrats more than Britain's apparent belief that all this can be handled with a flimsy political statement.
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The OLED display, which, while thin, doesn't look flimsy, actually rolls up inside the base like a projector screen.
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The flimsy union was stitched back together in 2001 with an agreement to rotate the presidency between the islands.
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His search — conducted with laconic aplomb by an utterly uninterested McCune — drives Blair Witch's flimsy excuse for a plot.
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In Pyongyang this week Mike Pompeo, America's secretary of state, is trying to put flesh on those flimsy bones.
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But as the linchpin of a theory that publishers pivoted to video on a false pretext, it's pretty flimsy.
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In fact, the title itself was looking rather flimsy after Michael Bisping's last defense against a geriatric Dan Henderson.
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These lightweight mesh bags are perfect for picking up produce at the store without wasting a flimsy plastic bag.
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It&aposs shocking enough based on the flimsy evidence that they had, they would put someone in the campaign.
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The whole package feels solid; much more so than some of LG's previous phones (especially the flimsy, modular G5).
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It also conveys the physical misery as relentless rains pour through flimsy shelters, turning the ground into a mudbath.
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Becca gets a rose, of course, which seems rather flimsy next to all that gear she took home earlier.
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When you're replacing flimsy tops and gauzy dresses with lots of bulky items, a tight closet edit is crucial.
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Their food is stale and sometimes infested by maggots, their shelter, in many places, still consists of flimsy tents.
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The opposition says the election is meaningless, while Britain and France dismissed it as "flimsy facade" and a "sham".
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Their beds are flimsy mattresses on a dirty floor, and as temperatures drop, they rely on campfires for warmth.
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Regulators affixed a number of arguably flimsy conditions to the deal in an attempt to protect consumers and competition.
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Many in the party may not like Trump, but they will never impeach on evidence this thin and flimsy.
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Migrants are packed by smugglers onto flimsy rubber boats that struggle to make it to international waters before sinking.
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Sadler further provides proof that these were only flimsy excuses, further detailing what her work entailed in the article.
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"This lawsuit is a flimsy pretext to keep Ms. Tantaros and her sexual harassment claims in the public eye."
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A review of the assumptions prevailing when the government struck the deal reveals how flimsy the economic rationale was.
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The first sounds you heard after you finally managed to stick the flimsy motion-sensor bar onto your telly.
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Young men, and sometimes children, may be lowered down a flimsy mine shaft 60 metres deep on a rope.
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Trump's flimsy paid family-leave policy would be cold comfort to families devastated by the rest of his budget.
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So: flimsy walls, a report of damages from a storm, piled-up trash bags, a stash of canned food.
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As a public figure and now a public official, Trump would have flimsy prospects of winning a defamation suit.
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Do you put this gangster through a flimsy, decorative screen, or introduce his face to a solid oak table?
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The EEOC's claim was so flimsy that it did not even garner a majority of Clinton and Obama appointees.
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They barely share any chemistry and over-act throughout the film as if to compensate for the flimsy script.
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If you're used to flimsy tin or tin-plated cutters, you'll immediately feel the difference with the Ateco set.
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Four small pours sat before him, in their flimsy wooden raft, dutiful liquid lieutenants of varying shades of amber.
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The third and final presidential debate is over and cheap rosé has made its way into flimsy paper cups.
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Shoddy grips and flimsy half-baked shutter buttons and special apps are needed to work — I've seen them all.
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"The court was crystal clear that politicians can no longer rely on flimsy justifications for abortion restrictions," she said.
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Bunkers made of fiberglass or corrugated metal may be too flimsy to withstand a nuclear attack or climate disaster.
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Disposable dinnerware is convenient and has improved a great deal from the leaky, flimsy picnic fare of years past.
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Drop truth-bomb after truth-bomb, until there's nothing of the flimsy, fraudulent, façade Trump has built left standing.
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If this material feels like gossip, it's because the book's conceptual apparatus is, in this context, a little flimsy.
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Personal taste, he knew, was a flimsy ground on which to build a collection; better to trust the artists.
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But if it is, we should own those flimsy ethics, and dispense with the phony piety "zero tolerance" implies.
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Thousands of people arrive on the island of Lesbos daily, packed into flimsy rubber dinghies and wooden fishing boats.
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Beyond the kill floor, a flimsy swinging door obscures about a dozen wooly sheep awaiting their turn with fate.
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But that flimsy pretext also served as a defense against the allegation that Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey.
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Those subjected to the tactics included victims of mistaken identity or flimsy evidence that the United States later disavowed.
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Traditionally, this countdown-to-Christmas item is packed with tiny chocolates or other candy tucked behind flimsy paper doors.
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She reached across the table to clutch his calloused hands, to examine that flimsy cell-block ring, to accept.
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That ruling, he said, relied on somewhat "flimsy" reasoning and further limited what evidence could be excluded from trial.
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Arya and Sansa buy into Littlefinger's flimsy scheme (at least until they compare notes with the all-seeing Bran).
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Outside that schoolroom — in a flimsy building with muddy floors — much more than a name hung in the balance.
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The only source of entertainment came from Mylar blankets, flimsy metallic sheets that were supposed to keep us warm.
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Wade into law; its flimsy protections for child sex-abuse victims; its lack of more stringent gun control laws.
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You can spend your time fishing, bug-catching, building Flimsy Axes, searching for iron nuggets, or decorating your home.
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Build quality is the thing that makes your headphones feel sturdy and solid as opposed to cheap and flimsy.
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About 200,000 Rohingya live in flimsy shelters that are vulnerable to landslides and flooding, according to the United Nations.
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Filling appointed positions with subordinates, he then turned against the Assembly, imprisoning its most outspoken critics on flimsy pretexts.
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The connectors are sturdier and larger (the Canvas's connectors were flimsy plastic, and I lost approximately all of them).
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This might not be the best option for people with messy, chaotic work bags, though, since it's pretty flimsy.
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Syrians typically pay $100 to a landowner to build drafty, uninsulated breezeblock shelters with flimsy plastic tarpaulins as roofs.
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They were exhausted and dirty, lacked showers and toilets, and slept in flimsy tents meant for a refugee camp.
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In the article, Owen introduced him as "Sean Church," a flimsy, half pseudonym that Kirkham came up with himself.
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Other than that rather flimsy reason, however, the logic behind pitting Silva and Diaz together again is pretty sparse.
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I think it created a kind of a flimsy Charlatanism, a séance-y fraudulence but one built around real hauntings.
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FiberFix Repair Wrap is head and shoulders above that flimsy adhesive and is actually made to be 100 times stronger.
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As someone who grew up in the South, I've heard all of these flimsy (and downright troubling) "arguments" for years.
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This is another big improvement from the first generation pump since the original flange felt a bit flimsy to me.
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How could a technology best known for creating flimsy prototypes and personalized action figures be used for permanent construction projects?
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For over 20 years, Glasgow's Belle and Sebastian have made gorgeous and nostalgic songs that are delicate but never flimsy.
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"By invoking this section, it's easy for authorities to pick you up under any flimsy pretext," Sinha told BuzzFeed News.
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The woman had basic information about Carson's past and a photo of him — flimsy evidence in his view, he said.
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It's already looking pretty flimsy with Trump hitting 50 percent for the first time in the NBC news tracking poll.
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The problem is that while Brexit may strengthen the political arguments for Scoxit, it weakens the (already flimsy) economic ones.
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It felt a little too flimsy and is most comparable to the controller that comes with the Google Daydream headset.
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In both Invocation and Letdown, ponderous themes of mourning and absence contrast with the artworks' flimsy cardboard and plywood construction.
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It's pure Hollywood wish fulfillment, which would normally tend to make this entire endeavor feel a bit flimsy and disposable.
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Flimsy black netting had covered the shaft, but on Friday night a gaping tear remained where she had fallen through.
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The president has also accused Google of fudging search results to the benefit of the left on similarly flimsy premises.
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When I drew back the flimsy curtains in the morning, I took in the scene properly for the first time.
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Under the flimsy cover of a sports film, "Freaky Ali" is just another Bollywood 'good guy versus bad guy' movie.
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It's true: the wires supplied by device manufacturers (*coughs* Apple *coughs*) are flimsy and last a few months at most.
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It provides us with a tiny, flimsy shred of privacy as we power through our commutes or rush to dinner.
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Judging from the film's collection of flimsy, bleak characters, the people who are still alive have forgotten how to live.
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I couldn't get mine to work, and it felt really flimsy, but again, these are just prototypes at this stage.
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In contrast, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stole President Obama's Supreme Court nomination under a very flimsy guise of precedent.
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They are right that impeaching Ms Rousseff would be a constitutional act with a legal basis, albeit a flimsy one.
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There are fewer moving parts, so there's no flimsy kickstand to possibly break and you can't remove the handheld controllers.
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Despite the overall design of the sleeve being really slick, that's not to say it's flimsy — it's padded really well.
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I spent the nights on my flimsy bunk bed with 150 snoring men, playing my old adventures through my mind.
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Despite Gitmo's early days of housing inmates outside in flimsy cages, now detainees are now kept in more permanent facilities.
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It takes Mr. Darcy levels of pride to believe you can trust so fully in a kickstand and flimsy keyboard.
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On the Iron Islands, Balon Greyjoy decides to brave a flimsy cord bridge in the middle of a raging gale.
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I believe that is an inevitable outcome, regardless of flimsy and ego-flattering temporary arrangements that might be cobbled up.
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In Beira, about 300,000 people who live in flimsy housing in crowded, haphazard settlements are especially vulnerable to natural disasters.
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"One of the reasons it's so troubling is that his record is so flimsy in the first place," Wyden added.
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Doors were modeled to look as though they had wood frames but were cardboard, so flimsy they ripped in half.
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"I've always been suspicious that the Russia-bot narrative was flimsy and probably made up," Mr. Griffing told RT viewers.
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It is pure, if seductive, illusion — flimsy code for the destruction of Israel as the national homeland of the Jews.
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If this seems like a flimsy justification for an action that will significantly raise consumer prices, that's because it is.
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Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said that the summit meeting with Mr. Kim had been flimsy.
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Instead, they have opted to make flimsy predictions about how a wealth tax would somehow end up hurting the nonwealthy.
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An assortment of secondary characters are given story lines too flimsy to register, and the special effects are equally rickety.
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Modi says that the changes will eventually help stimulate the region's economy, but that seems to be a flimsy explanation.
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The White House's own memo shows him pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Joe Biden on flimsy corruption allegations.
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The U.S. government has often refused Beijing's demands to extradite corruption suspects, citing flimsy evidence and China's opaque justice system.
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And Amy Klobuchar drew contrasts with most everyone, especially Buttigieg, whose resume she dismissed as too flimsy for the presidency.
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Instead, the episodes comes off as a flimsy best case scenario in a deeply terrible and unsettling series of events.
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Normally, the FBI starts a less intrusive preliminary investigation first — especially with such flimsy information — but not in this case.
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In their flimsy shelters, the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh can do little but depend on judicial deliberations a continent away.
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Twinkle lights outglow fluorescents; sturdy woolen pompom hats replace flimsy knit beanies; marshmallow-speckled hot chocolate competes with black coffee.
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They talked of managers who denied them break time, fired them on flimsy pretexts, and changed their shifts without warning.
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So the system was programmed to turn the nose down at the feedback of a single (and somewhat flimsy) sensor.
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Some also fail to securely tie the trash or use flimsy plastic bags that break open, contributing to street litter.
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As he laid into Trump for a flimsy plan to replace Obamacare, Rubio accused Trump of repeating a flawed defense.
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Presidents and presidential candidates have also had a historically flimsy relationship with the truth when it comes to their health.
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The good news is that inevitably these reboots will collapse under the weight of expectations and their own flimsy construction.
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They live in flimsy, mud-floored shacks of bamboo and plastic that the coming monsoon could blow or wash away.
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Look, I'm most excited about coming out of this era of flimsy media models that were too dependent on platforms.
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Of course we have, but they tend to be lightweight, flimsy, and really only useful for carrying stuff in an emergency.
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Just remember, if you want real protection, avoid flimsy plastic variety and go for a tempered glass protector like this one.
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Original story: The big, beautiful wall in 84 Lumber's Super Bowl commercial has been downgraded to a flimsy barbed-wire fence.
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The material has some weight to it — doesn't feel cheap, thin or flimsy at all, and is soft to the touch.
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These flimsy white headphones come with any iPhone or iPod, although Apple Store will gladly sell you pair for $265 too.
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Think of it as non-stick insurance when grilling delicate proteins such as fish or flimsy vegetables like zucchini and eggplant.
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Claims Abedin was tied to the Muslim Brotherhood are based on flimsy connections tying together people and events from decades ago.
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Many families live in cramped conditions in flimsy tents, and some sleep outside with just blankets to cover them at night.
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Superstitious had a hard spine, rather than the flimsy paperback of a child's horror novel, which to me meant Serious Literature.
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They often make the treacherous trip to southern Italy in flimsy rubber boats crammed with passengers and exposed to the elements.
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The flimsy talk of "Anglosphere" values will probably ebb away as the incoming American president makes Britain feel ever-more European.
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Italy will provide money to try to persuade the GNA to stop smugglers sending thousands of people out on flimsy boats.
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Many of those who were moved appeared to be coastal-dwellers and construction workers, who often bed down in flimsy dormitories.
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But we're not talking about just any flimsy slip-ons, though; flip-flops only cut it as far as the beach.
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The audience perch on pretty much the same wooden benches as the migrants used, and lean on the same flimsy tables.
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The rotor attachments looks somewhat flimsy and the final Cambits would probably some commercial spit shine before it became something purchasable.
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One is that the Switch's kickstand is notoriously flimsy, so it would fall over constantly over the course of a build.
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Few of the flimsy shelters pitched in the fields are waterproof and tents intended for two people often sleep whole families.
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That's what makes victory so sweet when you somehow manage to scoop up a prize with the machines' flimsy little pincers.
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The aim is to show that the agency was selective: Western athletes take banned substances, too, on flimsy-sounding medical grounds.
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While this inner piece does feel a bit flimsy on its own, it gets more rigid when it's around the iPhone.
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The fertile Bekaa Valley is home to more than 300,000 refugees living in flimsy tents often covered with plastic and canvas.
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Instead I find a vast radioactive waste dump, half-hidden behind flimsy white panels decorated with pictures of birds and trees.
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In most cases, I found the bikes to be flimsy, rusted out, with loose handlebars, or a seat stuck too low.
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The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are flimsy things, but if we don't keep repeating them, we easily fall apart.
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Read MoreDon't be fooled by the flimsy rebound in stocks Energy gained 3.15 percent to lead the S&P 500 higher.
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Last Saturday, at around midnight, the Touas family boarded a flimsy rubber dingy on the Turkish coastline along with 0003 others.
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Last Saturday, at around midnight, the Touas family boarded a flimsy rubber dingy on the Turkish coastline along with 65 others.
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As a symbol the boats resonate in Italy, where migrants arrive almost daily by sea on often flimsy vessels from Africa.
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While the ergonomic handle was strong, the material in the rest of the product (silicone, stainless steel, and plastic) felt flimsy.
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We actually reviewed this model late last year, and while it works fine in some situations, it also feels terribly flimsy.
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They were little more than flimsy plastic discs with characters from Dragon Ball Z, The Simpsons or Looney Tunes on them.
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"At this point, Netanyahu's comments more likely represent a flimsy campaign promise than a definitive new Israeli strategy," Rome wrote Tuesday.
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My black bag is plastic, too, a flimsy, lightweight affair with none of the pachyderm heft and dignity of my father's.
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The Fed would prefer inflation nearer its 2% target but that's a somewhat flimsy rationale for lower rates given the backdrop.
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When we're tracking character and plot, we're often not able to notice whether the embedded factual information is strong or flimsy.
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Hiking brands make shoes that are a little too heavy, and climbing brands make shoes a little too light and flimsy.
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This new, flimsy routine reminded Jiayu of her first transistor radio, a birthday present from her grandfather when she turned five.
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Republicans hammered Cordray and the CFPB for what they claimed was a faulty and fraud-susceptible crackdown based on flimsy evidence.
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Pros: Great price for full-sized tower fan, comes with remote, quiet operationCons: Flimsy base requires frustrating assembly, small oscillation arc
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The creature is double the size of his own flimsy vessel and might at any second decide to eat him, absentmindedly.
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They often come in flimsy paper or Styrofoam cups that are heated in microwaves, leaving boiling water in potentially unstable containers.
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The team captured a series of images of migrants crowded on flimsy sea craft and their first moments upon reaching Europe.
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Though flimsy ebooks explaining all aspects of hacking flood criminal markets, WWH-CLUB is a unique attempt at disrupting the industry.
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"It takes an exceptional director to prevent an entertainment as flimsy as this from collapsing under its own weightlessness," she wrote.
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The reasons for voting with the five conservatives on the Court look all the more flimsy now that Kennedy is retiring.
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But an extension would only offer a flimsy reprieve: President Emmanuel Macron of France warned that if Parliament didn't support Mrs.
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In its incarnation as Wonderbar during the 1990s, a flimsy wall separated the main floor from the X-rated back room.
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So a historically significant Ukrainian service member was captured and put on trial on flimsy charges, without prisoner of war protections.
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The material has some weight to it — doesn't feel cheap, thin, or flimsy at all, and is soft to the touch.
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The plaintiffs' legal arguments in Texas are flimsy, and have been widely mocked by lawyers and scholars across the political spectrum.
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The prosecutor has called for the harsh sentence despite Mr. Aksakoglu's insistence that the charges are baseless and the evidence flimsy.
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There's no point mincing words: the right of return is flimsy code for the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state.
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We were armed with flimsy protest signs that bent and fluttered in the streets of Chicago, Madison, San Francisco, New York.
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They're made of clear hard plastic so you can see what's inside and they won't fall apart like flimsy cardboard boxes.
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Critics say they worry about disruptive churn, flimsy qualifications and defiance of institutions and necessary checks on the executive branch (Axios).
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The Trump budget is fundamentally about shredding the already-flimsy American social safety net that is intended to help the poor.
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The former follows a German nonprofit whose volunteers save Middle Eastern and African refugees from their flimsy boats in the Mediterranean.
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As the Journal notes, there's a flimsy-at-best link between drinking orange juice and safeguarding your body against the flu.
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As a result, otome games have at times struggled to break the preconception that they're simply flimsy and shallow dating sims.
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But the logic there is pretty flimsy... "It's something that's been talked about," Silva said of a possible fight with Diaz.
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It turned out that the new discoveries were an awfully flimsy basis for a subpoena, and the subpoena turned up nothing.
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There are other trenchant observations in this flimsy, hastily assembled comedy, but an awful lot of wading is required to find them.
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Nevertheless, Brooklyn prosecutors continued a case against him using other evidence that Mr. Beldock eventually showed was as flimsy as the confession.
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They tow the second boat, an inflatable dinghy with flimsy plywood baseboards that's crammed from pontoon to pontoon with extremely cold people.
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This was a flimsy bit of providence, a ridiculous chance act upon which the integrity of our political system came to rest.
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It's just another sign that Trump's plan to build his long-promised border wall is based on flimsy reasoning and questionable facts.
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When it's rainy, the flimsy tents fill with mud and families struggle to get warm around small fires that surround their sites.
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So the argument that voter data is all public record and, therefore, protecting it isn't a high priority is flimsy at best.
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No more tripping over wires, no more untangling wires, and no more dealing with flimsy cables — wireless charging is what you deserve.
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Even when students are not being preyed upon by for-profit schools or predatory lenders, the whole seems flimsy or even fraudulent.
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It also has a height-adjustable dongle, meaning you can now use it with phone cases, something that previously required flimsy adapters.
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The Nemonic uses thermal heat imaging to print, so while it doesn't rely on ink, the paper is pretty flimsy and thin.
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Still, it adds to the towering mass of wonky ideas Mrs Clinton has produced—compared to a flimsy sketchbook from Mr Trump.
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Congo's influential Roman Catholic Church has emerged as a flashpoint for opposition to Kabila, while his political opposition remains flimsy and divided.
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That being said, they're not without their limitations, as their thin wire feels flimsy and lacks any remote control or microphone options.
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The prevailing concern is not that tech firms are too flimsy to justify their valuations, but that their position is too powerful.
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Compared to the modern ones, they always feel flimsy, like I could break one in my hands if I tried really hard.
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The latter involved lots of slit polyester disco dresses and flimsy thrift store sandals that were always falling apart on the street.
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The only difference would be, you'd be using a real MagSafe plug instead of Griffin's magnetic plug, which has been called flimsy.
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The army bristles at claims that it steered the Supreme Court to remove Mr Sharif last year on flimsy charges of "dishonesty".
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Out of the box, they always felt a bit flimsy, and on my head, the audio quality seemed subpar for the price.
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After a couple of minutes of this, she emerged wearing only a flimsy cropped T-shirt and thong and pulled me inside.
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Smugglers send them out in flimsy boats with little fuel, and most are picked up by international vessels after leaving Libyan waters.
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It's kind of flimsy, doesn't always work, and sometimes it feels like it's going to break if you look at it wrong.
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American ideals have never seemed so flimsy, and pop culture has already begun happily obliging our deep-seated need for artistic guidance.
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Around her, tired children slept on suitcases and adults huddled under flimsy blankets to try to ward off the cold mountain temperatures.
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Brushed aluminum finish Flimsy power adapter The Acer laptop is slightly lighter than my MacBook Pro, but the weight was honestly unnoticeable.
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During the harvesting season, which runs from November to May, migrant workers erect flimsy shacks of straw and plastic to live in.
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Others have been quick to point out the evidence the industry uses to prove guilt of piracy is often flimsy at best.
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It's a big pile of performance, with a flimsy catalog of truly optimized games and a whole lot of room to grow.
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Rosenstein should have already recused himself from the Russia investigation given his role in establishing the flimsy pretext for James Comey's firing.
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And as someone who's spent a lot of time reporting on the Broaddrick allegations, it strikes me as a rather flimsy reason.
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But that is a very flimsy argument to begin with and McCain did himself no favors with his bewildering and confused questioning.
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But instead of being made of flimsy cardboard, the VR goggle is made of plastic and has a padded strap for comfort.
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"The flimsy speculation that the state has offered in support of its ballot-selfie ban cannot survive First Amendment scrutiny," it wrote.
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But most stories are flimsy scaffolds, and the second you start messing with them too much, the audience's suspension of disbelief collapses.
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So, Cindy tries to get by on her original flimsy story: She and Suzanne were hiding in the closet the entire time.
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A gruff general, disagreeing with Kirkman and peacocking around the edges like a cartoon villain, serves as a pretty flimsy straw man.
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"The front of the building looked so flimsy the past couple days I was surprised it was able to stand," he said.
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Her costume was comprised of a simple blue dress, flimsy tail, and oversized mask that didn't match the rest of the outfit.
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These are just a few anecdotes of flimsy journalism, of course, but as researchers often note, the plural of anecdote is data.
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In my experience, the short also felt flimsy and too tight; if you're between sizes like me, I'd go up a size.
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There are no over-complicated rules or flimsy cards, only many, many delightful illustrations of cats and entertainment for the whole family.
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They were tied with a flimsy rope but had been trained in chains as babies, learning not to try to break free.
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More than once I have heard Iranian imams, with preposterous certainty, equate flimsy women's attire in the West with decadence and prostitution.
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In contrast, she said that the chocolate in the Reese's cup was flimsy and the peanut butter was clearly of lower quality.
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Certain types of media are more frail than others — the reel-to-reel audio stuff, that's a very flimsy and fragile material.
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An N-word tape would make all those Republican assertions that Trump isn't racist seem even more flimsy than they do today.
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The myth of the modern, moderate millennial is a flimsy category that covers a slim, relatively well-off portion of young people.
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Families have little privacy in the shelters, where flimsy walls or even washing lines are often used to crudely divide the units.
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Much of his work in undoing EPA regulations has been theatrical announcements with flimsy technical pretexts that will wither under legal challenges.
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"Typically, sofas are either cheap, flimsy and extremely annoying to set up or heavy, expensive and take months to ship," Kuhl said.
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Yet the plot is just a flimsy excuse to stage manic race and chase scenes via plane, truck, horse, motorcycle and more.
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You can't charge the device in tabletop mode, and tabletop mode is pretty awful in general due to the flimsy, unsatisfactory kickstand.
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"Manhattan is alive, overrun by fresh opportunity." god is a child in a flimsy building with muddy floors a lonely child hiding.
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TRAVNIK, Bosnia and Herzegovina — The school in this medieval town is divided by a flimsy metal fence and the legacy of war.
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And once stamped with the imprimatur of a "theory," they demand to be taken seriously, no matter how flimsy they may be.
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Even the Republican speaker of the House, John Boehner of Ohio, said that too many people were locked up for "flimsy" reasons.
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" Ms. Cox said she found the argument that life is something to be protected only when it is innocent to be "flimsy.
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But hope against the Warriors is a flimsy concept, especially for an opponent that is staring at a 216-23 series deficit.
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Depending on the lighting (beautifully manipulated by Nicholas Houfek), they could look monolithic or flimsy, with the nacreous shimmer of spilled oil.
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In the 1950s, "bone records" were old X-rays printed on flimsy vinyl sheets that were used to share American rock music.
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The community is made up of about a dozen scattered, flimsy wooden houses, home to about 100 people, most of them children.
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At Nordstrom, the second-cheapest real leather option is $695, the actual cheapest being a flimsy-looking pair from Topshop for $370.
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The outside world would interpret a low turnout as the electorate seeing through the flimsy democratic shroud concealing Putin's uncontested domestic power.
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Far from being a flimsy thing, the desire for cooperation is the primary human evolutionary advantage we have over the other animals.
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We pulled in, unannounced, to a dirt drive leading to the community, stopping at a flimsy cattle gate guarded by two men.
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Many arrive malnourished or injured, only to be herded aboard flimsy rafts and rickety boats by smugglers for the treacherous journey north.
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My Heritage Foundation colleague Diane Katz has written a fabulous economic rebuttal to the flimsy monopoly claims of the state attorneys general.
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This prevents the public from monitoring problem facilities, where sick puppies spread infectious diseases or potentially dangerous animals pace behind flimsy barriers.
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The flimsy costumes are about conveying the frailty of ego and the false sense of protection that the internet provides these bullies.
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This seems like a flimsy rationale that doesn't quite capture the art on view, but regardless, all of it is visually fascinating.
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Beijing is accused of detaining up to 1 million Uighurs in prison-like detention camps, relying on flimsy excuses for doing so.
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" One stalking study describes ex-partner stalkers as having "easily bruised egos, flimsy interpersonal boundaries, smoldering rage and jealousy, and relentless tenacity.
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Sometimes, someone affixes a hoop to the edge of a swimming pool or hangs a little flimsy nerf goal on a door.
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To let up on those realities would undermine the series' Emmy-winning credibility and risk turning a great story into flimsy fan service.
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Its dorsal fin and tail flukes appeared soft and flimsy, and its mother was still excreting some blood, according to a press release.
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The film also features the most perfect club scene known to man, in which Knightley rocks a truly fabulous flimsy triangle crop top.
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Rather than the luxury accommodations that were promised, guests were provided with flimsy tents and cheese sandwiches distributed from the back of trucks.
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The detachable plastic palm rest, emblazoned with the Roccat logo (some sort of Blade Runner-inspired typeface next to a cat) is flimsy.
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"When one of these blows up, it makes you feel reckless trying to save money with these flimsy pieces of paper," Cramer said.
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He also called the arguments in the letter flimsy and lacking in specifics in a phone call with BuzzFeed News late Friday afternoon.
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Ahead, we've found 25 beach dresses, jumpsuits, and two-piece sets that will have you trading in your flimsy sarongs of the past.
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"And if you sanction murder for such a flimsy reason, then at the end of the day, we will all be in danger."
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We reviewed the so-called Overpowered 17+ laptop and were left disappointed by its flimsy build quality, poor specs, and insufficient customer support.
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When the sleek black bralette arrived, I was honestly skeptical that this flimsy little thing was…ready for this jelly, so to speak.
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One of the downsides of not using flimsy plastic is weight, and the Bowers & Wilkins P29 weigh in at a considerable 413g (0.91lb).
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Political insecurity brought on by Syria's uprising-turned-civil war as well as an influx of refugees exacerbated an already flimsy economic situation.
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To avoid detection, smugglers increasingly push off at night, in flimsy rubber dinghies that are cheaper to replace than more seaworthy wooden boats.
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Rather than the deluxe accommodations that were advertised, guests were provided with flimsy tents and cheese sandwiches distributed from the back of trucks.
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Little fires, surrounded by rocks, are outside many of the makeshift shelters that have been cobbled together from tarps and flimsy summer tents.
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Azimjon Askarov, one of Kyrgyzstan's most prominent human-rights advocates, is serving a life sentence, also on flimsy charges of fomenting ethnic unrest.
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She was in pain, and her cries drove many of the passengers in the flimsy vessel as far away as they could get.
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Or if you're super experimental, you can trace a key using tape and then cut out its shape on a flimsy metal can.
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Metaviral spawn chewed into the cometry chunks that anchored the vast cluster, spinning out a string of flimsy receiver webs twenty kilometers across.
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EIGHT years ago, bank supervisors began overhauling the global capital standards that proved too flimsy to withstand the financial storm of 2191-27.
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Also, the tiny tray that pops out so you can slot in a game cartridge or swap the microSD card is incredibly flimsy.
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The issues regarding heat dissipation on the palm rest and a flimsy, bland screen will bother you the longer you live with it.
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Although a wedding cannot turn a flimsy relationship into a strong one, it adds scaffolding that can save one that is in between.
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Prior to this change, Google users had to use a somewhat flimsy drop-down menu on desktop to filter results by specific dates.
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Of course, as we are reminded daily in the current administration, norms are flimsy things once those in power decide to ignore them.
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Two years ago, a family court judge refused the divorce and rejected her allegations, describing them as "flimsy and exaggerated," Sky News reported.
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Metropolitan Diary Dear Diary: So long ago the plans were flimsy,But thanks now Bloomie, Blazie, Lindsay,Dinkins, Koch — for wheels and whimsy.
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The Russian oil company was seized from its owners, then bankrupted and broken up after being accused, on flimsy evidence, of tax evasion.
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It quickly dawned on me that these were flimsy cover-ups for the real reason — she was ashamed and didn't want me around.
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Sharp teeth are no match for flimsy dog toys, but even the toughest toys can be torn to shreds by an aggressive chewer.
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"The flimsy evidence on which EPA based its endangerment finding has now been proven false beyond all reasonable doubt," Breitbart's Delingpole recently wrote.
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Plus, women's leg muscles look all funky when they exercise too much — is a flimsy gold medal really worth that excess calf weight?
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The plot is flimsy, especially when it comes to the computer virus, a cavalier plot device that's essentially malicious magic disguised as technology.
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Serial painted the prosecutor's timeline of the evening, assembled through call records and cell tower data, as somewhat flimsy, if not partially fabricated.
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Facebook is pushing to evolve the industry past flimsy metrics like ad views and clicks, towards measuring when ads actually inspired purchases anywhere.
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And we do it all now with an authorization that is flimsy at best, with the reason blurred, and the costs now known.
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Others, including Mr. Ren and her other lawyer, Yan Huafeng, said another reason was that her case was too flimsy to be prosecuted.
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The attendant also handed out a hygiene kit that included a pair of flimsy blue slippers, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a wet wipe.
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The flimsy, ultimately unnecessary, and yet still sometimes satisfying combat (because hitting big, glowing weakpoints remains oddly gratifying) is Gylt in a nutshell.
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The court ruling was built on flimsy legal grounds, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in the Laos capital of Vientiane on Monday.
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Which is to say it's a flimsy, temporary piece of anatomy that will inevitably tear, and often from something other than vaginal penetration.
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The flimsy bill that Trump and Ryan put forward and the clumsy way they went about seeking votes suggest they lacked real conviction.
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TOENSING: And then to use that flimsy information to start an entire surveillance and investigation of the Trump campaign just boggles the mind.
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I worked with President Clinton when a flimsy investigation about an Arkansas land deal morphed into an investigation of the president's personal life.
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The big picture: Those devices are often built with flimsy defenses, leaving concerned owners to rely on external security tools and network scanning.
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However, according to The New York Times, incarceration rates in Xinjiang have sharply increased since 2016, with arrests often based on flimsy charges.
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What came in the mail was a huge, quivering lump of clammy silicone with flimsy Velcro straps to attach it around your waist.
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Many of the detainees were captured on arrival through the Sahara, or forcibly returned by patrols stopping their flimsy vessels in the Mediterranean.
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Freedman routinely tests the limits of subjectivity, just as he is testing the limits of the flimsy physical structures his sculptures rest on.
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At the extreme, we don't actually do anything; we only arrange what will be done, which is a flimsy basis for a life.
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Earlier this summer, the president's campaign began selling branded Trump plastic straws after his campaign manager grew frustrated with a flimsy paper one.
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As long as it claimed to have been a victim, no matter how flimsy its argument, the conqueror became the new legal sovereign.
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There's a kickstand on the back, too, but it's a little flimsy and only works when you put the phone in landscape orientation.
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When Baker and Daoust took possession of the home, this level was divided by flimsy boards into a series of tiny sleeping quarters.
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This toothbrush loaner kit came with an iPhone, a tube of Crest (another P&G brand), a sleep mask, and flimsy white slippers.
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He began to wonder whether the case against Mohamedou Salahi was as flimsy and politically motivated as that for the invasion had been.
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His flimsy business card suggests a low-budget operation, and the association's registered address is a tatty building on an unremarkable Simferopol backstreet.
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MetroCards (if you aren't familiar with them already) are the flimsy yellow transit cards used to ride New York City's subway and buses.
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A Democratic administration used the considerable resources of the federal government to investigate a candidate based on flimsy evidence and a fake dossier.
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In other words, the FCC's entire argument rests on an increasingly flimsy legal technicality that only a higher court or Congress can address.
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Riding a flimsy scooter on rough streets is no fun, so scooter companies have been racing to get their hands on better scooters.
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Despite the well-intentioned inventions looking to harm fewer sea creatures, some have been quick to reject paper straws as flimsy and disappointing.
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But if people are uninfected wearing a little flimsy mask, it is not going to significantly reduce their risk of acquiring this infection.
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All that separates the station from one of the busiest highways in the country are a few trees and a flimsy wire fence.
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Although the cardboard sheets feel flimsy at first, the process of folding them into shape leaves you with a surprisingly sturdy finished product.
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The patient is not the only one suffering: His roommate, typically separated by a flimsy curtain, also can't sleep a wink all night.
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Remember voters want to make it harder, not easier, to get guns, so it's worth reminding voters of the current flimsy regulatory patchwork.
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At Skaramagas, around 3,200 refugees who used to live outdoors in flimsy tents now reside in container shelters with toilets, water and televisions.
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Her public remarks are addressed to her home crowd and delivered in folksy language, even if they are occasionally flimsy on the facts.
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Look, we're coming out of this period where there have been a lot of flimsy, overly engineered media brands, that I call them.
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When Sony was attacked, many security experts -- myself included -- were skeptical of both the government's attribution claims and the flimsy evidence associated with it.
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But now you're probably wondering what to do with those flimsy pieces of cardboard and black polymer that were basically priceless just hours ago.
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And some of these inmates faced these conditions for years or decades, sometimes for flimsy accusations like tattoos supposedly proving membership in a gang.
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ISPs have strongly supported Chairman Pai's plan, but anyone with a brain can see how flimsy the technical justification for re-reclassifying broadband is.
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Second, it potentially muddies the waters around any women who step forward in the future by providing a flimsy excuse to attack their credibility.
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In a 22012 snippet from Jones' show, he responded to a listener's question about authorities planting "flimsy evidence" at the site of the shooting.
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Conservatives have been trying to label Omar an anti-Semite since she was elected in November, on the basis of fairly flimsy evidence. Rep.
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At the center of his face, a set of flimsy looking aviator sunglasses hung off what looked like it had once been a nose.
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Set to Tony Bennett, it is a flimsy redaction of Twyla Tharp's choreography to Frank Sinatra and a figure skating routine rolled into one.
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The construction is so flimsy and the case flexed so much, I thought the touch-sensitive controls were buttons for the first 10 minutes.
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A few minutes previously Mr Papachrysostomou had been woken to be told that a flimsy rubber dinghy is nearby with 114 migrants on board.
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They then thoughtfully supplied the poor saps in their charge with a flimsy, slapdash account of what happened to supplant their now-vanished memories.
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If government is too flimsy, it is also the wrong shape, thin at the central and local levels but fat at the state level.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who has spent nine years in prison on flimsy charges of blasphemy.
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"Now you have to get this flimsy thing — that's washed and not lubricated — on the penis ... it's not impossible but very challenging," said Dweck.
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Almost 300 workers of Mr Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the country's ruling party, were jailed temporarily on flimsy public-order offences.
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The colors are perfectly fine but the new icon feels flimsy and looks more like an N if you only look at the outline.
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And now for another episode of America's favorite modern game show, Person Says Dumb Thing Then Gets Dragged on Twitter Then Offers Flimsy Apology.
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In the ensuing war of words, as Krystal continuously defends herself with flimsy, even-toned excuses, Bibana's voice begins to escalate until she's yelling.
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I would travel with him through many poor acting decisions, abandoning him only when his eccentricity became a flimsy cover-up for alleged abuse.
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His plan for next year, to back primary challengers to Senate Republicans he deems insufficiently loyal to Mr Trump, is starting to look flimsy.
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The EU nevertheless cut off most aid last summer, after Mr Nastase won Chisinau's mayoral election only to see it annulled on flimsy grounds.
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The leader of the opposition at the time, Anwar Ibrahim, was subsequently jailed on flimsy evidence for sodomy, which is a crime in Malaysia.
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Authorities also say Indivior then stopped manufacturing Suboxone under a flimsy pretext to delay regulators from approving generic competitors that would cut into profits.
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But states have been slow to implement the law, and more than half the claims were rejected, often on flimsy grounds, indigenous activists say.
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Rather than saying Trump is a worthy exception to the rule, the group argues that the rule itself is based on outdated, flimsy science.
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But The New York Times reports that some of that research is flimsy, and there's plenty of competing data that points the other way.
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But in recent weeks, a growing consensus has emerged in Brazil's political establishment that the evidence against Rousseff is too flimsy to justify impeachment.
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The stations are usually protected by nothing more than the same flimsy chain link fence and padlocks elementary schools use to protect their playgrounds.
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Why it matters: Museveni's comments give Trump cover (however flimsy) against charges of racism, and he may be hoping Trump will repay the favor.
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Too much or too little information, or an ambiguous answer that hints at a flimsy grasp of facts, could be all that it takes.
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The father and son filming this video are god-dang fools if they think they are protected from this kangaroo by those flimsy wires.
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Meanwhile, love is as distant and unattainable as the United States of the title; at best, the characters have a flimsy imitation of it.
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Those who survived the perilous journey, which often involves crossing the Bay of Bengal on flimsy rafts, live in squalid conditions in refugee camps.
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After the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, the flimsy material remained popular, capturing, as it seemed to, the mood of upheaval and transience.
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With such a flimsy premise — one, mind you, that is displayed with much repetition — "Showroom," which opened on Saturday, doesn't have much to show.
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In November, about 120 such miners in the Hpakant area were killed in a landslide that engulfed a village of flimsy shacks and tents.
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Some of the worst-hit areas were informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, where people live in flimsy houses without proper foundations or drainage systems.
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KwaZulu-Natal, where many live in flimsy houses without proper foundations or drainage systems, often gets heavy rain, but April's death toll was rare.
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Strzok and Lisa Page have become the poster children for Republicans who believe the FBI abused its authority by investigating Trump on flimsy evidence.
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I fully appreciate that my opinions on this, like an optimistic teen's cack-handed five o'clock shadow, are flimsy and borne of limited experience.
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However, before allowing themselves to get carried away, the world's central bankers might want to consider the very flimsy basis of this economic recovery.
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It entails trying to eliminate tough-to-recycle items like flimsy plastic bags and also pioneering new ways to recycle or compost everything else.
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Invoking the Logan Act was Yates's flimsy pretext for deploying federal agents against Flynn, but the anti-Trump media went along with the charade.
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In a second boat, which landed further down the coast, several children pulled off were wearing flimsy inflatable arm bands intended for swimming pools.
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It also helped dismantle state and federal consumer privacy protections, ensuring that government can't hold companies accountable for flimsy privacy standards and empty promises.
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Standing within the structure — which give off a faint, earthy scent — reminded me of nature's at times unforgiving force and our relatively flimsy lives.
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Or at least, enough flimsy concessions to allow David Cameron to go back and go on about Peace In Our Time for a weekend.
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The shirt did look like the one in the photo online, but the texture felt flimsy and less sweater-like than it appeared online.
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And as flimsy as the thing may look, it could serve Trump with all the justification he needs to make some very big moves.
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This is why a sexual ethic centered on consent, which is what those of us who've lost purity culture are left with, feels flimsy.
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According to the complaint, Health Insurance Innovations participated in a scheme involving Simple Health, another Florida company, whose agents sold them the flimsy coverage.
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It could also be required to include job guarantees for lower-income residents of Long Island City, not just flimsy promises of job training.
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There is no wonder that young girls are fearful for what their future in our messed up, rickety and flimsy American society may hold.
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And when it's spreading something we don't want, we grab whatever flimsy shields surround us and draw them closer; we build the walls higher.
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Even by Lake County standards, the case against him was weak, since it was based almost exclusively on his flimsy, and obviously coerced, confession.
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Pros: Low price, reasonable power, ease of useCons: Somewhat flimsy construction, not good for blending leafy greens or chopping frozen ingredients, only two speeds
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The arguments Trump's lawyers advanced Saturday largely fall flat, running the gamut from marginally convincing (at best) to transparently flimsy, outright misleading and disingenuous.
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But former ethics officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations criticized the White House's rationale for denying the committee's request, characterizing it as flimsy.
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His evidence was flimsy (he was promptly ordered to resign), but the idea that Lenin had been working for the Germans prompted a manhunt.
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These ugly events, hearsay and hysteria at the expense of facts and substance, are the natural conclusion of campaigns built on such flimsy foundations.
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The recent flimsy Kavanaugh "news" prompted days of follow-up coverage across multiple journalism outlets, filling the news cycle with hand-wringing and emotion.
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The nationalists' efforts to blame the victims, flimsy (and disgusting) as it was, was believed because those who swallowed it wished to believe it.
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Imagining Austen shoving papers into a flimsy Regency frock in front of a parlor window may well be your idea of a good time.
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But the fascination and excitement about them highlights just how flimsy and open to interpretation the racial categories we use around the world are.
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Though it does feel like it's made of flimsy plastic, in the five months we've abused it, the set has shown virtually zero wear.
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He's just not that good at the basics of politics, and that only underscores how flimsy and empty most of his policy proposals are.
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Sure they can chew through a lot more than that, but we wouldn't be leaving any rodent problems in the hands of some flimsy cardboard.
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The flimsy evidence of wrongdoing by Mr. Warren that surfaced during the Dewey trial raises questions about why he was charged in the first place,
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The days are getting crisper and colder, and our flimsy leather jackets and lightweight infinity scarves just aren't cutting it anymore (much to our chagrin).
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With Puerto Rico appearing destined for a hit, officials in the U.S. territory warned residents of wooden or otherwise flimsy homes to find safe shelter.
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Two years later it augmented its flimsy banner ads with full-screen promoted posts while trying not to damage the irreverent nature of the app.
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The row centres on Andrew Brunson, a Presbyterian preacher from North Carolina who was imprisoned in Turkey in 2016 on flimsy terrorism and espionage charges.
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It has "Fare Well" stitched around the collar, with the flimsy fabric of the skirt adorned all over with metal weights, alluding to her suicide.
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Disproving even a flimsy explanation of the money's provenance can be hard if the country where the original crime took place does not co-operate.
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Interpol is not an investigative agency, so in almost all cases, red notices are approved and posted no matter how flimsy the evidence, he said.
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But in most architecture firms, even those with yearly reviews, the path to promotion is murky and the trained managerial class is flimsy at best.
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More than 3,770 people are estimated to have died in the whole of 2015, most of them by drowning after their flimsy, overloaded boats capsized.
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The migrants are piled onto flimsy rubber boats or old fishing vessels which can toss their occupants into the sea in a matter of seconds.
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Explanations have drawn on culture (the self-discipline of Confucianism), history (memories of privation) and public policy (flimsy social safety-nets forcing people to save).
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Adding to the mixed vibes before the opening ceremony, athletes and visitors complained of upside-down toilet lids and flimsy doors in the Olympic Village.
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Anwar Ibrahim, a leader of Pakatan Harapan (PH), an opposition coalition, has been put behind bars for sodomy (a crime in Malaysia), on flimsy evidence.
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And why would it present a flimsy evidence paid for by a Clinton sponsored group and funneled through the law firm if it was necessary?
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While it's not pictured, he stated that he also tried the flimsy blade on aluminum, but that only managed to polish the edge without cutting.
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The Family Research Council isn't content to oppose homosexuality on religious grounds; instead, it uses pseudoscience to give its homophobia a flimsy veneer of objectivity.
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You buy a flimsy plastic card that lets you ride the train, and when you try to swipe it at the turnstile, it doesn't work.
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That's hardly going to deliver stunning performance, and judging by a promo video of the PC (above), the hardware itself looks a bit flimsy too.
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It was also what happened in 2003, when George W Bush declared war on Iraq based on flimsy evidence, leading to a decade-long disaster.
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In more remote locations he actually constructed flimsy tents, which seems odd considering he had travelled to remote sites only to bring his subjects indoors.
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The U.S. Congress created the reviews in 2011 to handle the perceived high number of flimsy patents issued by the patent office in prior years.
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The flimsy premise is that Fires is taking her son Lance to visit his Aunt Lux Orchid and his cousins Anya Olsen and Harlo Adams.
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Imagine how easy our lives would be without this flimsy feud narrative that Perry is currently latching on to as she promotes her new album?
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Defensive bottlenecks stacked with turrets and shielded tank characters, for example, are absolute murder to attack head-on for flimsy heroes like Genji or McCree.
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Technologically it's not quite as impressive as Anki, and its modular track pieces are more flimsy and therefore less interesting to build with (no jumps!).
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The White House's flimsy story is falling apart, exposing the dysfunctional, immoral underbelly of the administration that Kelly was ostensibly brought in to clean up.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority outlined plans on Monday to replace the flimsy yellow cards, which were introduced in the New York City subways in 1993.
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Kemp and Georgia's new secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, shouldn't rely on the Republicans' flimsy excuses to dodge their responsibility to provide information to Congress.
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Today, on a revitalized river, water scooters play chicken, darting in the wakes of barges, while flimsy single-person craft slip among sailboats and tugboats.
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The virality of the story shows how people are willing to believe flimsy claims if they confirm their priors, especially when it comes to Trump.
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It makes me so happy to pick up a flimsy book I can get pizza sauce and wine on and not feel bad about it.
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The Arab world has been primed to receive these conspiracy theories by lying authoritarian governments and, in some cases, American military interventions under flimsy premises.
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Thanks to ramped-up staffing following past hunger strikes, guards now often live in flimsy aluminum sheds, according to Kadidal, who's stayed in them himself.
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The White House's involvement is scandalous, but beyond that the Seth Rich story provides a window into how Fox News spreads explosive but flimsy stories.
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Julia is laid out on the operating table in one of those flimsy blue paper gowns—she is the image of vulnerability, desperation, and hope.
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Early videos and press shots came to define The Streets by an assemblage of Reebok Classics, polo shirts with popped collars, plain sweatshirts, flimsy windbreakers.
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Cheap plastic sets and flimsy metal ones never last very long — either the handle snaps off or it bends under the least amount of pressure.
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On Tuesday, French officials plan to start demolishing and clearing its flimsy shacks, fields of tents and piles of trash spread over 2003 square miles.
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Worse yet, rushing to report controversial content based on flimsy sourcing inevitably leads to errors, as was seen on several high profile occasions last year.
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As our colleagues Katie Glueck and Thomas Kaplan have noted, Mr. Biden's campaign organization has for months been flimsy, underfunded and filled with operational challenges.
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They tend to be, he said, "the path of least resistance": easy to sign up for, shielded by flimsy passwords and often neglected by users.
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Back on the island, the state of constant uncertainty caused by a faltering power grid and a flimsy economy has unleashed a mental health crisis.
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Though white supremacy surely funnels its violence into white spaces too, the drama of Frank's life feels flimsy when held up against the Hamburg victims.
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Romances in superhero movies are often dull, flimsy things, but Deadpool 2's love story provides some much-needed ballast for the film's nonstop irreverence.
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Thanks to the flimsy lid and leaky base, tea pools at the bottom of my car's cupholder and dribbles down my chin with every sip.
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The case that immediately comes to mind is Michael Morton's, also in Texas: convicted on flimsy evidence because a conviction was needed at any cost.
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The result is a rambunctious women-driven revenge thriller, filled with tentpole moments of crackling verve that is knit together by flimsy exposition and voiceovers.
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"Voices" shared a program, New Combinations, with a lustrous rendition of Christopher Wheeldon's "Polyphonia," Justin Peck's "Bright" — why is this flimsy work still in repertory?
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While super cute at first glance, the underwear looked way too big and the bralette looked so thin I imagined it had to be flimsy.
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Europeans do not like the flimsy wood stick-frame construction used for so many US houses; they prefer more solid materials like concrete or brick.
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O. Scott) 'ALMOST CHRISTMAS' (PG-63693, 63683:63673) A flimsy story line doesn't much matter to this warmhearted and often spectacularly funny holiday comedy-drama.
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The toll was expected to increase as the flimsy boats used to carry migrants as far as international waters normally carry more than 100 people.
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The Grammys were marred by the death of Bryant, Hussle, and the already-flimsy confidence in the institution that has been rattled by Dugan's allegations.
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The Treasury Department on Monday criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) rule on arbitration, claiming it would impose "extraordinary costs" based on flimsy proof.
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These were real toys, not the flimsy cars and guns made in Japan from stamped tin cans that still had Japanese lettering on the inside.
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O. Scott) 'ALMOST CHRISTMAS' (PG-13, 1:72) A flimsy story line doesn't much matter to this warmhearted and often spectacularly funny holiday comedy-drama.
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But the previous film had so much more actual plot than this one that by comparison, The Crimes of Grindelwald feels extra-flimsy and empty.
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When they asked where their father was, she gave flimsy excuses: Yes, he came home last night, but he left while you were still asleep.
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The intellectual basis for these claims was always flimsy; the handful of academic papers purporting to make the case for austerity quickly collapsed under scrutiny.
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The rounded bezels make putting one on a nightmare and I honestly don't want to cover the gorgeous glass with a flimsy piece of plastic.
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But from basket top handle silhouettes to functional, beach-friendly totes, crochet has proven itself to transcend beyond your grandma's flimsy and worn out afghan quilts.
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He denied wrongdoing with flimsy excuses, claiming parents were always aware of what kids were doing, and stormed out of the backstage area after our talk.
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Graveyard Shift is another King thriller without any thrills, and it tries to compensate with a big reveal that its flimsy creature effects can't quite nail.
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He walks through the orb, because time and space are flimsy constructs in Legion, and finds a version of Syd, who says she's from the future.
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Despite the mishaps, there was intense rivalry for the privilege of perching in a flimsy metal capsule on top of 100-plus tonnes of rocket fuel.
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On this flimsy foundation a staggering $53trn-worth of financial products, from interest-rate swaps to retail mortgages, are priced, estimates Oliver Wyman, a consulting firm.
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"I remember ... how he disappeared in the bathroom and emerged, naked, bearing nothing but a small hand towel held flimsy at his mid-section," she wrote.
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Faced with criticism of his flimsy approach, Johnson has relied on his natural skills as a politician, saying those dismissive of Brexit's success were essentially defeatists.
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But the president's straws are touted as a way to "STAND WITH TRUMP" — unlike those flimsy straws, which couldn't even stand up if they wanted to.
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It takes 0.8 seconds to ready itself and makes a little whirring sound — I thought the mechanism would be flimsy, but it actually feels really solid.
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Given the often flimsy structural quality of FDM prints, this smoothing is more cosmetic and allows you, in theory, to create molds from 3D printed parts.
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She also accused the Miss America Organization of using feminine empowerment as a flimsy cover for a dysfunctional company that cares little about actually helping women.
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They were, and are, fiddly, flimsy little things, but those who could afford them could afford to have someone else do the fiddling for them, too.
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A British jury has convicted a gang that was prepared to smuggle Albanian migrants across the English Channel using flimsy boats —or even a jet ski.
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We hear the squad's adult supervisor, whose face we don't see, mention something about a tainted water supply, but soon even that flimsy excuse proves insufficient.
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In August, the ACLU of Northern California filed a class-action lawsuit on their behalf, alleging that the detentions were unconstitutional and based on flimsy evidence.
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The mothballed website was a "sociopathic bully," but also simultaneously "a pretty flimsy business" that made little profit and whose writers weren't actual journalists, he said.
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The stupid stupid stupid microphone one, it just kind of slides into a flimsy gate that you can be almost certain you broke but didn't actually.
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Now, it's crowded and the air is thick with smoke from open fires and hundreds of flimsy tents crowded on the fields around the train station.
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The fitted cellulose mask fit perfectly (there's nothing worse than a flimsy mask that falls off at the slightest movement) and felt instantly soothing and relaxing.
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Despite the flimsy charges, Shula finds herself in state custody and transported to a rural witch camp by unscrupulous police chief Mr. Banda (Henry B.J. Phiri).
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It's time we acknowledge that carting apex predators around the country in flimsy cages and putting them into direct contact with humans is a bad idea.
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The evidence for Navalny's embezzlement charge was "extremely flimsy," according to Jeffery Mankoff, deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia program at policy research organization CSIS.
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She is taken into custody on the flimsy charge of having stolen the cross and the men, not altogether dissuaded by the priest, turn on her.
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He was a strong force in the preemptive war against Iraq, relying on flimsy intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to drum up support in Congress.
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Between flimsy fabrics that highlight every underwear line and the threat of inevitable stains, there's a reason so many of us dread finding this summer staple.
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Unlike so many flimsy, short-lived indoor extension cords, the Aurum Cables 16/3 AWG Outdoor/Indoor Extension Cord actually works well and lasts for years.
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The dimly lit dining room has the air of an anonymous hotel lobby, with strange columns of flimsy-looking white-washed wooden bricks and indoor trees.
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A judge later overturned the convictions in the flimsy cases and in 2014 the Five settled a wrongful conviction suit with the city for $41 million.
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But in wielding this type of power, he's also building a flimsy foundation that could quickly be unraveled if a Democrat wins next year's presidential race.
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She recently became the first woman to cross the English Channel solo on the flimsy stand-up craft, to draw attention to the "global plastic crisis".
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Many Home Depot shoppers praised its quiet operation, but the complaints centered on the "flimsy" base that was "difficult to assemble," as one buyer put it.
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With respect to legal criteria, the national security justification that he has invoked is flimsy in the extreme and will likely inspire other countries to retaliate.
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Not only was it too often false, it was also flimsy, an effort to paint himself as a champion of the people who loathe him most.
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And his new, more sober approach was undercut by factual inaccuracies and embellishments, as well as flimsy claims — at one point, Mr. Trump suggested that Mrs.
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The Leave camp claims that this so-called special status is flimsy and will lack the status of law until enshrined in a European Union treaty.
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The ICP fandom has provided them with a valuable community and support network, and they resent the government penalizing them for it based on flimsy reasoning.
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These final three episodes have felt a little tacked-on and less structurally sound, as if they themselves were built using a deck of flimsy cards.
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Some observers have slatted these conspiracies into a wider trend on the modern far right of crying pedophile, often using flimsy evidence, against high-profile liberals.
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In the suit, they say Trump and Sarah Sanders are hiding behind the flimsy argument Acosta accosted an intern who was trying to grab his microphone.
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According to Forbes, analysts predict the wearable tech industry will hit $14 billion this year, a far cry from the flimsy step counters of the yesteryear.
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It all starts to fall apart at "Cyber wars a-wagin'," which he stylizes in order to try to fit this already-flimsy-as-fuck meter.
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Maybe you're still eating off hand-me-down dishes, lounging on that infamous futon from college, or working at a flimsy desk from you know where.
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Massive public backlash forced HP to issue a flimsy mea culpa and reverse course, but the industry doesn't appear to have learned its lesson quite yet.
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Mark Zuckerberg's flimsy defense when congress asked about a lack of competition to Facebook has been to cite that the average American uses eight social apps.
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Instead, it appears to be a flimsy justification a massive system of long-term family incarceration beyond what our nation has ever seen, immigration experts say.
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Libya is a major departure point for mainly sub-Saharan African migrants trying to reach Europe through crossings arranged by people smugglers, often in flimsy boats.
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And so the E.P.A. invented flimsy excuses for ignoring some — and, in the most extreme version of its analysis, all — of the rule's health benefits, too.
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But without a late play for Jake Arrieta, Alex Cobb or Lance Lynn, the Phillies have a flimsy rotation, and the Marlins' could be even worse.
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Adding to suspicions that the data is flimsy, at least in certain circles, the GDP figure has a curious knack of coming in around market expectations.
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I cannot say why Mr. Bonadio seems determined to pursue a case with such flimsy evidence, and why he has announced decisions with suspiciously political timing.
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In response to widespread criticism of the article, Susan Ferrechio, the Washington Examiner's chief congressional correspondent, simply criticized the way others pointed out its flimsy sourcing.
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According to survivor accounts collected by the United Nations agency, smugglers had packed more than 150 people onto a flimsy rubber dinghy on the Libyan coast.
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The world salts and cures us, hangs us out to dry, and in the context of sports, notions of "fairness" and "heroes" and "vindication" feel flimsy.
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Johnson & Johnson calls state case flimsy Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter led the charge against Johnson & Johnson, calling the company the "drug kingpin" of opioid manufacturers.
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Any suggestion that the Trump campaign trafficked in anti-Semitic tropes was an outrageous slander based on flimsy evidence and contradicted by the candidate's Jewish grandchildren.
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And when people notice that your boundaries are inconsistent or a bit flimsy, they will pick up on it and they will take advantage of that.
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Mistrustful of greenwashing from brands that make big but (upon closer inspection) flimsy sustainability claims, she started buying secondhand clothing on The RealReal, Depop, and Instagram.
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Before the most likely point of failure on fancy phones was a flimsy foldable screen, you had to worry about wearing out sliding parts and hinges.
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Criminal gangs have taken advantage of widespread lawlessness in Libya to establish profitable businesses, cramming mainly sub-Saharan African and Bangladeshi migrants into flimsy rubber boats.
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Pros: Attractive appearance, comes with all you need to start commuting to work, handles an array of road conditionsCons: Hard to assemble, complaints about flimsy parts
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At that point, the cases were flimsy, said Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has written about gun laws.
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At that point, the cases were flimsy, said Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has written about gun laws.
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In some form, all these people in Myanmar, however rudimentary their lives, have initiated an involvement with the world, and acquired some flimsy stake in stability.
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Morrissey says he's happy to see the end of "flimsy, overly engineered media brands," many of which were too dependent on other platforms to make money.
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Unfortunately, the warnings are often based on flimsy evidence, and the presumption that if a downloaded file is traced to your IP address, you're automatically guilty.
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Thanks to practically nonexistent background checks and flimsy regulation, everyone from your grandma to your pot dealer is driving Uber in his or her spare time.
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It's not a good way to cope—a flimsy plaster over a scabbed knee weeping low-self esteem—but in the moment it makes me feel better.
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Some 712 migrants were picked up Thursday on top of 2,400 the two previous days, all grouped in small, flimsy rubber dinghies in international waters near Libya.
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They're cheap without being flimsy, sturdy enough to reuse but disposable enough to leave behind, and an instant indication that you're at a certain kind of party.
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A chase across the continent begins, despite that Logan is convinced that this "safe haven" does not exist; it's merely flimsy lore from a faded comic book.
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Smugglers often pack migrants in flimsy inflatable dinghies, dispatching them to sea to get picked up by rescue ships and other vessels once they reach international waters.
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Disappearing messages don't impress security professionals, given how flimsy a privacy protection they offer, but despite an inherently fickle form the feature keeps recurring on comms platforms.
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My current go-go crunchy snack, Sea Snax Chomperz aren't your usual flimsy seaweed sheets; these snacks are backed with a rice-flour base for extra crunch.
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The ones we liked the sizes of were either too basic, made out of plastic or flimsy steel, and would slip if you tried cutting with them.
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They were seen as suffering from weak industrial bases, flimsy social services and a steady brain-drain as their most educated residents left for more exciting places.
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More alleged blasphemers, usually convicted on flimsy evidence, will continue to languish in prison where they face the risk of death at the hands of other prisoners.
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The title refers to the flimsy structures with dank floors and reed mats where victims of the Red Guards at the university, including Mr. Ji, were kept.
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The highest-profile case has been that of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row because of a flimsy charge of blasphemy.
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Confined in their flimsy tents for months and regularly harassed by the police, fights break out among them, which as soon turn into singing, drumming and dancing.
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Enter: Fashion's new love affair with gossamer straps, flimsy fabrics, and precarious cuts and necklines that require a prayer (along with some Topstick) to stay in place.
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Against a muffled guitar line and bullish drums, he runs down a list of sharp-ended beliefs, methodically undercutting flimsy concepts like the All Lives Matter movement.
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At least 52 are feared missing from two incidents involving large numbers of people on flimsy dinghies off the coast of Libya on Saturday, the UNHCR said.
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In particular, the buttons on the console feel flimsy, and the cartridge slot isn't very secure; every game I put in could be wobbled around once inserted.
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It's so flimsy that if you have it balanced on anything but a perfectly stable, flat surface, it can flex so much that the trackpad actually clicks.
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The Labour manifesto argues that there "is a real fear that students are being priced out of university education", but provides flimsy evidence to support the claim.
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After making a flimsy attempt at negotiating Taystee's freedom with Linda, Caputo gave up and decided to take a posting at a Missouri prison dogged by problems.
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It's comfortable to hold, and the quality of the analog sticks, D-pad, and face buttons is pretty good, though the shoulder buttons feel a little flimsy.
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Another nail in the coffin for a flimsy anti climate-science argument—now let's get on to the real business of pulling ourselves out of this mess.
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A video posted by John Heisz shows that while paper is considered flimsy, it's tough as nails and can actually cut through wood—with the correct circumstances.
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The 8110 4G is a cheap, plastic phone with a slider, a flimsy one that's quite hard to open and even harder to close with one hand.
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"No child deserves to have his life upended or be ripped away from family based on flimsy allegations," NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said in a statement.
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The association's pay-for-play Olympics carve-outs aren't just head-scratchingly arbitrary; they're a window into just how flimsy amateurism's ethical and logical underpinnings really are.
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Almost 600,000 migrants have arrived in Italy over the past four years, the vast majority setting sail from lawless Libya in flimsy vessels operated by people smugglers.
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Unfortunately, that would be illegal, at least so long as Chris Bosh (in a flimsy yet hopeful situation), Goran Dragic, and Justise Winslow remained on the team.
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Sadly, it's a flimsy foundation, with the average American across all age groups having account balances far below what experts consider enough to support a comfortable retirement.
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Hundreds of thousands of migrants have crossed the Libyan desert and taken to flimsy boats on the Mediterranean in the hope of reaching Europe in recent years.
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Their defense is still flimsy, but jumped from dead last to 21st because of a more aggressive scheme that forces Jokic to be active on the perimeter.
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The rest of us filled the time browsing through souvenirs which the tour operators displayed in a flimsy tent, the smell of plastic wafting on the air.
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While all are impressive enough, there's one hack that's definitely more surprising than any other because it involves using a flimsy piece of paper and nothing else.
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Selecting Rosenstein would have undermined White House arguments that Mueller's investigation has ignored such conflicts while pursuing Trump's associates for every possible charge, no matter how flimsy.
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Hardline elements in Iran's security services soured the atmosphere for the nuclear deal early on by holding on to and seizing more dual nationals on flimsy charges.
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And although Mr Corbyn commands only flimsy support among Labour's 229 MPs and polls suggest that he is electorally radioactive, he retains the backing of party members.
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A hostess sets down thick, leather menus in one, two, three places before proceeding to drop a flimsy half-piece of paper in front of my brother.
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The commentary of "The Lego Movie" feels flimsy when you consider that it came from the Warner Brothers behemoth, and centers on an enormously profitable toy franchise.
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Experts say the sudden about face illustrates the flimsy nature of the settlement, and an agency that's failing to take consumer outrage over repeated privacy violations seriously.
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Dowd reportedly told Flynn's lawyer that Trump was prepared to pardon Flynn on the basis that he believed the case against his former top advisor was flimsy.
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Yet despite the flimsy commitment to structural changes that address the impact of climate change on women in Paris, Blomstrom and Vistro have not given up hope.
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The team also includes two swimmers from war-torn Syria who, separately, made the treacherous voyage across the Aegean Sea on flimsy inflatable boats to reach Europe.
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As America realizes broadband is an essential utility, everything from terrible U.S. broadband maps to the flimsy justification for broadband usage caps are being exposed as fantasy.
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The story (by the twin brothers Benjamin and Paul China) is flimsy and the characters have just enough heft to keep the gears of the plot clicking.
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The disposable container of flimsy, throwaway objects (tissues) has been transformed into something that is durable, delicate, and non-disposable, destined to be used and thrown away.
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First, Rosenstein has done little so far to demonstrate his independence from the president — indeed, his remarkably flimsy memo justifying the Comey firing suggests just the opposite.
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Matic, 29, entered the stadium here by walking past the two police officers guarding a flimsy fence and folding his tall frame under a broken metal guardrail.
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" —Andul Mujeer, Srinagar "It finally hit me that my civil and fundamental rights stood on flimsy ground and could be taken away any moment without any explanation.
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But on a meta level, it's about being an actress trapped in flimsy supporting roles in shows about men, and longing to play something with greater substance.
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Sitting in one of the thousands of flimsy tarpaulin tents in a camp in Qayyarah, south of Mosul, Schams Hannoush, who is in her 70s, sobs uncontrollably.
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In this case, a flimsy finance structure, schlocky producers and just an overall bad idea to begin with make us highly skeptical that this ever gets shot.
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The court went on to admonish Indiana law enforcement, suggesting that officers should have known better than to lean on such a flimsy excuse for probable cause.
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When we finally considered the articles of impeachment, they were so broad and flimsy that almost any other president could most likely have been accused of them.
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Though they have a place in people's daily routines across the world, the convenient receptacles can still be disappointingly flimsy, causing spills or burns from hot coffee.
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His bedroom, tidy and bright, is carved out of the living room, separated by a flimsy wall cobbled together out of cheap wardrobes, bookshelves and paper blinds.
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Barr elaborated on his opinions during an NBC News interview Tuesday, calling the FBI's case "flimsy" and saying the steps taken were not justified by the evidence.
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A flimsy halter baby-doll dress, tie-dye T-shirts, bare midriffs and belly chains in a tequila sunrise palette, however, seemed to get lost in translation.
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This incident reveals the flimsy and primitive state of space traffic management, in which a failed communication led to ESA having to act unilaterally on the issue.
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The farmer, his wife and their children have lived in a flimsy tent in a rubble-strewn camp since they fled the bombing in the Idlib region.
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I never thought I'd be shitting on a flimsy paper hammock but here I am, hoping I don't miss my target and that the paper doesn't rip.
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From sea to shining sea, people stuck their eyes into flimsy glasses, cereal boxes and whatever else they could find to shield their eyes from permanent damage.
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There is at best flimsy evidence for this claim, which is hard to believe as a matter of sheer physics (sugar slows the process of concrete setting).
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However flimsy, the participants, and all those who believe in public trust, put faith in the stuff of this system even as their ideas and words are erased.
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What I like about the Jabra Move Style headset is that they're light enough to sort of disappear when you're wearing them, but they also don't feel flimsy.
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The enclosures are flimsy, the moving parts are brittle, and the very mechanism that allows audio playback—a thin strip of magnetic tape—very literally degrades over time.
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Authorities found the girls hiding in flimsy plastic barrels and a nearby abandoned trailer where Shaffer said he had placed them to protect them from the winter weather.
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The hurricane has hit Haiti at a time when tens of thousands of people are still living in flimsy tents and makeshift dwellings because of the 2010 earthquake.
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A parade of sagging structures, weedy lots, and flimsy posters beckoning families to enroll in such-and-such school flew by as the minivan bounced along the highway.
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Seeing her own situation from the perspective of trial, and how flimsy her case would be since she has no witnesses or reports of abuse, gives Celeste clarity.
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Some of those connections turned out to be flimsy, such as the Kremlin-friendly unknown named as an adviser by Mr Trump but soon disavowed by his campaign.
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Instead of relying on a flimsy set of four different circle sizes, the earring category has evolved, with more upscale varieties of unique designs and shapes now available.
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Flimsy plastic machines gave way to metal, less lag became the norm, and incredible machines like the Dell XPS 13 and HP Spectre x360 emerged from the melee.
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And unlike European automakers, which re-established their prewar reputations relatively quickly, "made in Japan" largely existed as a pejorative, synonymous with cheap manufacturing methods and flimsy construction.
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While it's a thinner, butterier, and more flexible fabric than their Textured Compression, it still provides enough coverage (it's not sheer or flimsy) to feel comfortable during workouts.
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More cities around California have been banning plastic bags because they're "flimsy, storm-drain-blocking, sea-turtle-choking, virtually immortal," as summed up by the Los Angeles Times.
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Another hypothesis is that the FBI realized it had a dud case for precedent and accepted a flimsy offer so it could back out of a losing battle.
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Comparisons between Daenerys and someone like George W. Bush, who authorized torture and launched a war on flimsy pretexts in the name of fighting evil, are pretty natural.
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That same year, McConaughey sported a combover and girthy paunch to play a modern-day prospector in Stephen Gaghan's Gold, but a flimsy script hobbled the lead performance.
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Although it looked thin and flimsy — the entire frame looks like you can bend it on a bad curb — it was very resilient and withstood my urban abuse.
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This is something that a lot of my generation feels—that the Clintons were in on it, and that their commitment to black people is flimsy at best.
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These are slightly better than my flimsy magazine page because J-14 savvily includes big tear-out posters as the main incentive to buy the publication at all.
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Instead of rounded edges and metal or glass finishes, the Robin is all sharp angles and matte plastic that's soft to the touch without feeling cheap or flimsy.
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Torture may be illegal in America, but that didn't stop officials in the Bush administration, and it certainly seems like a flimsy legal safeguard in the Trump era.
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There are far fewer shelters and significantly less aid, only rows of flimsy nylon tents that look like they wouldn't survive a weekend festival, pitched in waterlogged ground.
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He latches onto already discredited charges against the target of his wrath, and then breathes new life into the flimsy charges using the power of the bully pulpit.
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Green adds some heavy-duty dialogue, in the final reel, about "the fracture of the human soul," but Christie's puzzles are too flimsy to bear such ruminative weight.
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Pros: Works for dogs of all sizes, comes with a "chew" warranty, efficient minimal design Cons: A bit pricey, accompanying leash is a bit flimsy, no reflective elements
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But in wielding a similar type of power, Trump is also building a flimsy foundation that could quickly be unraveled if a Democrat wins next year's presidential race.
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" The designer says the 74-year-old Mueller's extended finger "pokes holes in flimsy alibis," and he sports a fixed gaze "because he knows you know he knows.
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They're either wallet-friendly yet glaringly flimsy, or high-quality and timeless but the price tag would require you to survive on nothing but ramen for a month.
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Trudeau on possible auto tariffs: Trump shows flimsy logic: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday slammed President Trump for considering a slew of tariffs on automobile imports.
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And how do you do all that in a flimsy tent where everybody and their brother listen to you and see you and know what your business is?
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Prime Minister Matteo Renzi promised to rebuild the shattered houses and said he would renew efforts to bolster Italy's flimsy defenses against earthquakes that regularly batter the country.
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Charcoal grills tend to be cheap, flimsy things we plan to throw away when their time comes, which sadly is an average of about two to five years.
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The most common ailments have been dehydration, sunburn, blisters and swollen feet from walking dozens of miles a day in flip-flops or flimsy footwear, medical workers say.
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"Sending someone to prison on flimsy evidence for sending WhatsApp messages critical of a company will have a disastrous and chilling effect on free speech," Mr. Harsono said.
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