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He in his hoplessness was giving me Hope, for he saw me not as a Muslim but as a MarAthi Manoos too ..
The Marathi Manoos at Haji Malang « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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That's when I listened again to the Clash's version, and I heard the one-word alteration that plunges into noir hoplessness.
Archive 2010-01-01 Peter Rozovsky 2010
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Their continuing cycle of violence and incarceration only increases their poverty and hoplessness.
DVD: Crips And Bloods: Made In America | Obsessed With Film 2009
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None of the paintings below can possibly bring on a feeling of hoplessness or boredom -- they are altogether delightful.
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I think maybe the island symbolizes the hoplessness of some people, who are finally awakening to what's going on around them, trying to get away from the hordes and throngs of people who keep trying to pull them into meaningless trappings in life.
George A. Romero's Next Zombie Flick Confined to an Island? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Not one person should have perished in this storm of hoplessness, abandonment and despair.
Think Progress » Top FEMA Deputies Make Brown Look Qualified 2005
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Our own people are languishing in hoplessness out here, underemployed and underpaid, and nothing in the future to look forward to.
Think Progress » LEAKED MEMO: Karen Hughes Thinks Small In Combating Iraq Insurgency 2006
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Put down that New York Times article about the hoplessness of Iraq, abandon your holiday cheer and charities, cease toiling in the low-paying job you occupy in order to afford the skyrocketing price of gas – STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING!
The Lohanvolution Will Be Televised, Probably On E! | Best Week Ever 2006
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No one, who has not been there, can know the utter hoplessness of being castaway upon the great, boundless ocean with not even a plank to keep him from a watery grave.
Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America Roy Rockwood
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She sits as a monument of the hoplessness and helplessness of reason in the face of this romantic and unreasonable world.
Criticisms and Interpretations. IV. By Gilbert K. Chesterton 1917
gangerh commented on the word hoplessness
What a lame frog feels a sense of?
April 28, 2008
artm commented on the word hoplessness
"damn, i broke my leg", cried Tom Swifty hoplessly.
April 28, 2008