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In the opening scenes, Mr. Turturro’s Harry relieves a rich Wall Street type of his wallet only to discover it contains, along with lots of useless platinum credit cards, exactly zero cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
None of this means intermittent fasting is useless.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
"She felt useless and wanted to prove something to herself," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
However in an opinion piece published Tuesday on the US embassy website, Bozell said: "At this point we find it a useless proposition to continue with endless dialogue leading nowhere."
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
But their knowledge is useless if they can’t communicate what they know to the larger world—and equally useless if the larger world won’t, or can’t, listen.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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