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"Businesses will never switch completely to satellite unless there is no terrestrial option. Terrestrial networks will always be less expensive than satellite, except in thinly populated regions," says Mr Owen.

He's holding rallies and paying people a hundred dollars to sign a petition ostensibly supporting the 1st and 2nd Amendments which is obviously a thinly disguised list-building exercise.

After Hamas burst through the thinly defended border, it inflicted the worst day the Israelis had suffered.

Meanwhile, in a thinly veiled attack on Trump, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris said this week that those who would have Ukraine swap land for peace are supporting "proposals for surrender".

Others have argued that the phrase is a thinly veiled way of saying the N-word, and even conservative officials have spoken out against its use.