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lame

adjective as in unable to walk properly; injured

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Anything less, and the opposition could override Milei’s vetoes and block his often-used presidential decrees, effectively making him a lame duck.

They just hired their fourth manager in five years and gave him a one-year contract, which makes him a lame duck before he ever manages a game.

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Mr. Macron is the lamest of lame ducks, but he can do one thing: call a new election.

Photographers captured the giant “burn book” she consulted through the hearing, which contained pages of reminders of these lame taunts.

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Those bills passed the Senate in December, but they stalled in the House during a lame duck session that saw little progress on any issue.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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