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With the House adjourned for the shutdown and the Senate only taking periodic, futile votes to open the government, D.C. was easily 10 degrees cooler.

No Kings will remind political bystanders — and the undecided — that resistance is not futile.

The Brewers’ futile effort to stop the Dodgers on Monday night consisted of them deploying six pitchers in a so-called bullpen game.

Sometimes, it’s futile to fight a client who clings to lofty expectations.

Churchill disagreed—believing such schemes were futile and ineffective—as did many across the political spectrum.