dint
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"One year I paid off £4,300, but the interest was £3,600," he says, "so in reality the only dint I made in that was £700."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“Home Alone” certainly made Culkin a star, which was its intention, and O’Hara, by dint of John Hughes’ characterization, an able partner.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
Mr. Harkins insists that he is “not really special,” but he can be said to speak for his fellow officers by dint of family history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
By dint of pandemic pauses and far-flung locales around the U.K.’s Cotswolds and on the Welsh Borders, the lineup managed to quietly ferment and realize some of that long-ago unknown magical mystery.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
I dint eat no appels or do nothing sinful.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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