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Recent Examples of nonstarter
However, certain conditions, including vaginismus and extremely heavy flow, can make menstrual cups a nonstarter.
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Ten hard-line members of Israel’s parliament sent a letter to Netanyahu expressing their opposition to a deal that does not allow Israeli soldiers to maintain a presence in strategic parts of the Gaza Strip, which has previously been a nonstarter for Hamas.
—Victoria Eastwood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
House Republicans began seriously discussing their opening salvo in the spending negotiations last week, with a plan to push for a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through March 28, while attaching a non-citizen voting bill that Democrats generally see as a nonstarter.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Ten hard-line members of Israel’s parliament sent a letter to Netanyahu expressing their opposition to a deal that does not allow Israeli soldiers to maintain a presence in strategic parts of the Gaza Strip, which has previously been a nonstarter for Hamas.
—Victoria Eastwood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
House Republicans began seriously discussing their opening salvo in the spending negotiations last week, with a plan to push for a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through March 28, while attaching a non-citizen voting bill that Democrats generally see as a nonstarter.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonstarter
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Of course, there was at least one huge financial loser in all of this: insurance companies.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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That merely raises the dangerous specter of future lawless conduct by other poor losers and undermines the rule of law.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Guaranteed there will be no repeat of last year’s Taylor Swift fiasco, when host Jo Koy told a joke at Taylor Swift’s expense in his opening monologue.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
4 Jan. 2025
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If the Kings were going to write a script for how to turn Fox into a sympathetic figure in this whole fiasco, this would be it.—
Sam Amick,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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An east wind will maintain a higher risk of rip currents along the coast, but overall, the holiday period will not see a washout.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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On six of those instances, the games were postponed on back-to-back days, including a stretch of three consecutive days of washouts.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
22 Nov. 2024
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But in return for protection against another worst-case weather scenario, insurers would have to sell comprehensive coverage and invest in community disaster resilience.—
Carmen Balber,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Victims can apply for other forms of disaster assistance.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, for every success, there’s a flop; despite injury setbacks, former teammate Anthony Martial endured a fruitless spell at Sevilla.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Alan Cumming and Jamie Kennedy starred in the 2005 standalone sequel Son of the Mask, which was a critical and commercial flop.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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That tent city debacle is a blueprint for what not to do.—
Gerard S. Williams,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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This caps off a year in which federal politicians zeroed in on private equity ownership of health-care providers, including the Steward Health debacle, and pushes Congress one step closer to new regulations.—
Caitlin Owens,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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None of the employees of the branch was injured, McDonald's Ukraine said, adding that everyone working at the restaurant had reached bomb shelters in time.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Housed in the bunkers is ordnance of all types - mortars, artillery shells, grenades, aerial bombs, mines - and from countries including Russia, the U.S. and Great Britain. Peter Ewler, a bomb disposal expert, greeted us at his bunker near the Oder River at the Polish/German border.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Unlike their regular apple cider vinegar, this organic product contains a few extra ingredients: honey, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice concentrate.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
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An intelligent and lavishly appointed structure that delays its obsolescence by being liked, or loved, will be less wasteful than a lemon.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Nonstarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstarter. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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