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• The show, too, is all about performance: The only way to win the game is by deceiving the others in the mansion, friendships and strategic alliances be damned.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2024
• Winning, then and now, is the thing — style points be damned.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2023
• But as the title states, these soldiers may be damned from the get-go.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
• Jones has to saddle up again, aching joints be damned, to take them down.
  — A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• Swift vengeance is the order of the day, consequences be damned.
  — Eric Alterman, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2023
• But this isn’t just a case of Lush standing up for what’s right, profits be damned.
  — Kara McGrath, Allure, 10 July 2023
• Summer heat be damned, the singer added a gray beanie to his look, and, for a pop of color, green-rimmed sunglasses.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 June 2024
• Funny is in the ear of the listener, but perhaps the proof is in the empire, cornerstone be damned.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Oilers may finally be ready to step back into the light, curses be damned.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• And sometimes, during the heat of summer, anglers just want to get out and have some action (five pounders be damned).
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2024
• The album cover’s funky shade of green has become the unofficial hue of the year, Pantone be damned.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2024
• While the songs were quickly embraced and added to the Drake canon—future ghostwriting rumours be damned—the cover alone was an overnight hit.
  — Hazlitt, 6 July 2022
• The show’s creative team claims a five-episode season was the plan all along, scathing criticism be damned; HBO has not come out and said the series has been cancelled.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
• The romance train rolls on, logic and reality be damned.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
• Damsel in distress be damned — Kim Petras is ready to liberate herself with her brand new album.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 June 2023
• The movie then cuts to a few years down the road, in which, murders be damned, Gary and Maddy have two children and appear to be living happily ever after.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
• Much of what follows represents Finn’s effort to prove his and Lily’s enduring love, death and its permanence be damned.
  — Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
• Can one rival city in the Metroplex boast to have an overall nicer summer climate than the other, despite being only 30 miles apart — heat domes be damned?
  — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
• For 30 years, Hooper has taken his cuts in senior softball, declining skills be damned.
  — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
• Lascivious older men in abundance looking to hook up, codes of honor be damned.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• Nor is there anything new about the thirst of newspapers, news programs and consumers of social media posts for spectacle and clickbait, facts be damned.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• Are officers then obliged to let a suspect drive away, Ramsey County’s instructions be damned?
  — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
• That pie is one of the team's hero dishes, a nod to the retro dining trend sweeping the country, perhaps, or maybe just a stark refusal to cook anything other than the most delicious dishes, trends be damned.
  — Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
• The general consensus seems to be that corporate America isn’t ready to change its uniform just yet, climate change be damned.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 July 2023
• Brad Pitt puts the pedal to the metal — safety be damned — in the first teaser for F1, the upcoming racing movie filmed in collaboration with Formula 1.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2024
• Rockmore decided the simpler solution would be to paint the cherry wood cabinetry a matching navy with a high-gloss finish than to rip out walls of tile and start over—white kitchen fantasies be damned.
  — Claire Brito, House Beautiful, 15 Aug. 2023
• The next big corporation may look at the backlash-to-the-backlash-to-the-backlash and make the opposite calculation against an innocent group — truth and history be damned.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 2023
• There was no way those players, or their teammates, would have stood for anything that endorsed discrimination, yellow cards be damned.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
• These creations are whimsical, dainty, spring-y, and give you the sudden urge to throw a garden party, seasonal allergies be damned.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 5 May 2023
• This includes trips to Paris, Usher concerts, and prosaic outings to the grocery store, photographers be damned.
  — Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 3 May 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024