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In Europe, free speech may end with neither a bang nor a whimper -- but with a lawyerly assist.— Assyrian International News Agency
They were about fixing the whole American system permanently to kow-tow to the super-rich without so much as a whimper, and to positively punish the middle classes.— Propeller Most Popular Stories
I suppress a whimper, and pray for a little respite for the next 180 minutes.— Boobs, Injuries and Dr Pepper
Saturday started with a bang and a whimper, and that was just the sound of Ramesses's guitar giving up the ghost.— mapsadaisical
Before I had only heard him whimper, and Doug and I were beginning to think that he would never bark.— Lahontan Valley News - Top Stories

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