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“There, the football staff engaged in profligate spending for hotels, meals, and large amounts of alcohol. Assistant coaches raved that they were able to go drinking on ‘Bosco’s dime.’

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Conservative Kit Malthouse said it would be "profoundly unfair if many, many years of careful stewardship were wiped out by being amalgamated with more profligate neighbouring councils".

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So, at both ends it is a case of minor details; mistakes at the back, profligate finishing up front.

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But her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, has been criticised for his own profligate spending.

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Americans have long been among the world’s most profligate tippers.

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