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They will go in knowing next to nothing and will be staffed with cranks and scammers who know even less.

From Salon

He had no public service experience and knew next to nothing about governance or foreign affairs or, it seemed, much of anything else — except of course how New York political bosses and the New York mob operated, along with all the lessons in bullying and fighting back he absorbed from his father and his later mentor, the ruthless Roy Cohn.

From Salon

Lynne said next to nothing over the course of the evening — noteworthy only in that this concert may end up the final one he ever plays in his adopted hometown.

The ball barely swung or turned, offering next to nothing for bowlers of all kinds.

From BBC

It’s hard to imagine that Les Snead and Sean McVay were not in lockstep over jettisoning Ernest Jones and getting next to nothing in return.

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

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