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Progressive voices have long been treated as punchlines, typically serving as foils to conservative voices on mainstream and cable news.

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Dozens of times, local police have found half-drilled holes and abandoned equipment, suggesting his holdup attempts were foiled.

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A misconduct hearing for a Metropolitan Police firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break in 2015 has been discontinued.

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Meanwhile, the reticent Teller serves as the perfect foil.

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New South Wales police last week said they had foiled an attempted murder by a so-called "kill team" and arrested three men involved.

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