way of it
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The film, among the first to receive an X rating, was the subject of 23 prosecutions for obscenity, which didn’t get in the way of it becoming a breakout hit in 1968.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
“There’s always a way of it coming back to something. It’s not a melody that just goes.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023
That was the way of it for Scotland.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023
If “Will You Come With Me?” wants to posit love as an act of resistance, it’s not exactly clear what gets in the way of it here.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
But that wasn’t to be the way of it.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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