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Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

“We’re about three standard deviations higher than the norm, and that’s way out of line, and just to come back to that level you would have 40% — 45% selling,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

If the attorney general and expert lawyers agree that the sentence is out of line with normal expectations for such a crime, they send the case to the Court of Appeal.

From BBC May 30, 2026

That shock, and the lasting annoyance it caused among consumers, helps explain why consumer sentiment is seemingly out of line with what traditional economic indicators would predict.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

It was a decision so out of line with official policy that the colonel spoke out violently against it and rejected the homage.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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