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But two factors are important to keep in mind to help explain why even trying to front-run a White House announcement would be ineffectual.

But for the most part, they've just seemed ineffectual — until now.

Having said that, it is disheartening to see the Democrats in Washington appear to either be ineffectual or totally missing in action.

Kevin de Bruyne, who has decorated this fixture over many years, was only on the bench after an ineffectual performance in the first leg.

We’re trapped behind a screen, too, and even more ineffectual at stopping these characters from hurting themselves and each other.