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ill wind

noun as in malevolent influence

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“It was an ill wind, in the classic sense, that brought us some good,” O’Brien said.

Are we simply trading one ill wind for another as our political choices are being made by those with the most money?

Neologisms totaling 14 Scrabble points: Buphoon: An ill wind from Washington that blows nobody any good.

“One can clearly see that there is an ill wind that’s blowing through the country.”

War is a harrowing means of embarrassing the faux sophisticates’ moral relativism, but by doing so, this ill wind has blown some good.

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

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