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ado

[uh-doo] / əˈdu /


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For U.S. shoppers hoping for relief, however, it’s looking like much ado about nothing.

From MarketWatch Oct. 24, 2025

Washington: All right, well, without further ado, Mother of Dance Mark and Kathryn Hahn.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

Mark McAfee, the farmer and raw milk advocate whose Raw Farm dairy outside Fresno produced the contaminated product, told NPR in May that concerns about raw milk amounted to “much ado about zero.”

From Slate Dec. 4, 2024

“We suspect this is much ado about nothing,” he wrote in a note to clients.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2024

Seated, Emily gave an efficient shake of her milk carton and asked without further ado, “Do you like to study?”

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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