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nay-sayers

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It works far better than nay-sayers want to let on, and has done so for almost 2 decades.

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It works far better than nay-sayers want to let on, and has done so for almost 2 decades.

Example sentences

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It works far better than nay-sayers want to let on, and has done so for almost 2 decades.

2

I'm glad Cameron has defeated all the nay-sayers and made something grand; I for one will be sure to see it.

3

I kind of like a thread full of 'bah, it'll never happen' nay-sayers being immediately contradicted by the link they're commenting on.

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To the nay-sayers on speed as priority: I'm currently on a two-week deployment cycle.

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"This decade 'warmest on record' but actually don't worry, because some people think that doesn't mean anything, so actually maybe we shouldn't publish this article at all, after all it may rub some nay-sayers the wrong way, and what kind of news organisation would we be if we ever published news that not everyone agrees with 100%"?

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"This decade 'warmest on record' but actually don't worry, because some people think that doesn't mean anything, so actually maybe we shouldn't publish this article at all, after all it may rub some nay-sayers the wrong way, and what kind of news organisation would we be if we ever published news that not everyone agrees with 100%"?

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It works far better than nay-sayers want to let on, and has done so for almost 2 decades.