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there's an old saying that you should let sleeping dogs lie
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One popular saying suggests a knot tied on a rainy day is harder to untie.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
But your abhorrence of the outcomes of particular elections doesn’t justify your saying, Well, the hell with that.
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Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Where the most hopelessly corny sayings are painstakingly stitched into the equivalent of cloth graph paper by women who believe in the sayings and give the plaques to people who do not believe in the sayings.
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Padgett Powell,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Rodriques, who formerly ran the Applied Biotechnology Lab at the Francis Crick Institute, recalled the executive saying.
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Brittany Trang,
STAT,
29 June 2026
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
But your abhorrence of the outcomes of particular elections doesn’t justify your saying, Well, the hell with that.
—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Where the most hopelessly corny sayings are painstakingly stitched into the equivalent of cloth graph paper by women who believe in the sayings and give the plaques to people who do not believe in the sayings.
—
Padgett Powell,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Rodriques, who formerly ran the Applied Biotechnology Lab at the Francis Crick Institute, recalled the executive saying.
—
Brittany Trang,
STAT,
29 June 2026
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“Saying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saying. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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