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needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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Their thinking addresses a number of important, mostly non-environmental, social goals, and touches a nerve in many of us who have seen needless bureaucracy stop good things.
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John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The efforts put in on Thursday night seemed to take it out of Villa, leading to needless giveaways for both Burnley goals and heavy touches and passes in the final third.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Local advocates say needless removals and inadequate watering are threatening decades of neighborhood cooling and environmental health benefits.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
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John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The efforts put in on Thursday night seemed to take it out of Villa, leading to needless giveaways for both Burnley goals and heavy touches and passes in the final third.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Local advocates say needless removals and inadequate watering are threatening decades of neighborhood cooling and environmental health benefits.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Needless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needless. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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