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Like the movie, whose commercial and critical success suggests people approve, it’s pokey and self-serious and almost entirely devoid of humor.

It’s far less than it was before the election, and devoid of almost any cable TV news.

In a performance devoid of any positive energy, Pegula struggled to cope with the Czech's huge serves, including 11 aces, and hit just four winners in a match lasting little more than an hour.

The race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump can, at times, feel oddly devoid of substance, with Harris’ policy goals being widely ignored and Trump’s reduced to a fading Etch-A-Sketch scribble of fringe right-wing fever dreams.

“I don’t know if you’ve been walking around here,” he said, gesturing to the sleepy streets between downtown and Lake Merritt, where many businesses have closed or appeared devoid of customers on what should have been a bustling weekday afternoon.