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  • I've seen picturs of him portrayed in a kind of incon-like fashion, but this is the first time I've seen his face on a bible, especially with that beautiful verse from Holy Scripture, as if to imply some connection with Obama.

    Obama on your bible Dymphna 2009

  • Episode's half over and my tweets will be inkreba incon incoherent if I keep this up. #spartacus 10:32 PM Mar 26th via web

    SPARTACUS: episode 10 hradzka 2010

  • The thrill of theft, or violence, the urge to live easy - is it worth it when we have undeniable proof, yes yes, incon - trovertible evidence that hell exists?

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • Why this, Charlotte, replied I, the wise ones may have a chance to get by it They will very probably, by remembering past mistakes, avoid many incon-veniences into which forgetfulness will run you lively ones.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • It is unworthy of a man of spirit to be solicitous to keep himself within the boundaries of human laws, on no other motive than to avoid the temporal incon-veniences attending the breach of them.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • I am already, my dear Lucy, quite contrary to my own expectation, enabled to obey the third gene-ral injunction laid upon me at parting, by you, and all my dear friends; since a gentleman, not incon-siderable in his family or fortune, has already beheld your Harriet with partiality.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • Many young ladies of sense and family have been drawn into still greater incon-veniencies than you have suffered.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • “Para-chron-istic incon-gruity,” T.J. said, writing it on the top of the papers he was holding.

    To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997

  • Mr Ogilvie Thompson concludes by noting that "it is incon - ceivable that government and labour should not swiftly move to support the proposals of the industry which are so clearly beneficial to GDP growth, tax revenue, foreign exchange earnings and employment and wage levels, and which have the capacity to be one of the foundation stones in the drive towards higher growth rates".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • They speak of boredom, lack of amusements, lessening in work available, and other incon-sequentials.

    Eve's Rib Chandler, Bryn 1989

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  • The right has a new thing self-described faction, "InCons," or "involuntary conservatives," folks forced into voting for Trump by liberal extremism. Which sounds exactly like what Southerns demanding massive resistance said about their response Brown v. Board of Education. https://t.co/UJjpSbVpaD

    — Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) October 23, 2020

    October 23, 2020