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Rogers and Slotkin still need to win their respective primaries, though the results appear to be a foregone conclusion, as Senate Reporter Ramsey Touchberry wrote this morning.
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Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Aug. 2024
The Democratic National Committee did not provide details of the delegate vote count, including a number or state-by-state breakdowns, during a virtual event that had the flavor of a telethon, with campaign officials keeping tabs on a delegate-counting process whose result is a foregone conclusion.
—Will Weissert, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
But despite the escalatory moves, an all-out conflict between Israel and Iran and its allies – which would inevitably draw in the U.S., as Israel’s main backer – is not a foregone conclusion.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2024
In essence, there is the foregone conclusion of the happy ending, as a man’s orgasm seemingly dictates the end of the interaction.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
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Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Aug. 2024
The Democratic National Committee did not provide details of the delegate vote count, including a number or state-by-state breakdowns, during a virtual event that had the flavor of a telethon, with campaign officials keeping tabs on a delegate-counting process whose result is a foregone conclusion.
—Will Weissert, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
But despite the escalatory moves, an all-out conflict between Israel and Iran and its allies – which would inevitably draw in the U.S., as Israel’s main backer – is not a foregone conclusion.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2024
In essence, there is the foregone conclusion of the happy ending, as a man’s orgasm seemingly dictates the end of the interaction.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
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