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To employ a term Sanctimonious Sam despises, spare me.
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But now with Terri Schiavo, the vacationing Mr. Sanctimonious is suddenly singing Hakuna Matata, the Culture of Life.
03/21/2005 2005
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And to the comment above -- yes, Santorum - I kept thinking of "Sanctimonious" and I couldn't bring his name up to consciousness.
Minnesota Supremes Reject Coleman Lawsuit, Clearing Way For Franken Win Later Today 2009
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He Aims to Soothe Left, Lure Independents With Blend of Compromises and Fights; Tax-Deal Foes Are 'Sanctimonious'.
Obama Lashes Out at Critics in His Base Laura Meckler 2010
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Sanctimonious talk about baby killing and yet crashing into a vehicle with a child in it.
Think Progress » Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee. 2010
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Sanctimonious, publicly pious hypocrites, the whole lot of that trash …
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Sanctimonious Republicans frequently trip over their own judgments, just ask Gov.
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Sanctimonious redneck is a strange way to describe someone.
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Sanctimonious purists would have considered them “betrayals of some abstract ideal.” And yet they grew.
Bill McKibben: Everything Is Negotiable, Except With Nature: You Can't Bargain About Global Warming With Chemistry and Physics Bill McKibben 2010
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"Prof Calls Fellow Academics 'Sanctimonious Bigots' " -- headline, Washington Examiner, Sept. 18 "[Michael] Bloomberg may not have as profound a comprehension of the political economy or the Constitutio n as, say, Governor Palin."
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