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But the Republicans masticated the issue endlessly Monday nonetheless.

You’ll be able to make your mark again, on a clean canvas just waiting for your expression of masticated public “art.”

Within the project footprint, crews thinned big trees to prevent fire from leaping from treetop to treetop, and masticated — or ground up — smaller trees and surface vegetation to keep flames closer to the ground.

One day it was a rich curried chicken, while nearby, the next day’s meal — a black-and-white cow tethered to a cellphone tower — placidly masticated some watermelon.

But it’s been endlessly masticated by experts, many of whom assert that it can be fashioned in a way that passes constitutional muster.