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Green means habitable, yellow means moderately damaged, and red signifies that the building is unsafe.
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Hot and even moderately hot pans will scorch the 10% resin content, turning it brown or yellow.
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Whoomp, whoomp bumped the coward heart.
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Some also have lost lawyers, dismayed by the pusillanimous behavior of their leaders.
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The second believed the United States could attain comprehensive security through military-technological means and saw diplomacy as a quixotic or pusillanimous enterprise that dishonored and weakened the country.
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The Chiefs turned that spiritless first half into a 28-7 blowout Monday night against the Commanders, opening the second half with touchdown drives of 80, 75 and 94 yards.
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From spiritless spirits to refusing to open up a bar tab, members of Generation Z are continuing to challenge alcohol traditions.
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Yes, Arsenal fan Neel from New Delhi held his nerve on the final day to shake off the persistent and heroic challenge of six-year-old Wilfred — and the meandering, distinctly unheroic challenge of a 51-year-old journalist.
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That larger significance is remarkably unheroic and fatalistic.
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In 2024, The Onion purchased Infowars, the conspiracy website born of the craven lunatic/Sandy Hook shooting denier Alex Jones.
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It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.
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Keane called out the Red Wings as gutless for waiting for a home game to exact revenge.
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But this seems a lot more gutless than ruthless.
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The story has the dastardly president of the planet Spaceball (Brooks) trying to steal the oxygen from Planet Druidia.
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His dastardly scheme involves using Kryptonian tech to build an all-new continent off the coast of Metropolis — even after all these years, he's still obsessed with real estate.
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“Poor-spirited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poor-spirited. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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