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Norris shrugged the incident off, saying "Ah, they always complain. They complain about everything. It's Red Bull. I was like three seconds ahead or something."

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In their first series together, they thrashed West Indies but it was merely met with a shrug of the shoulders from fans and media who had seen this narrative before.

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"I don't know who to vote for, they all make promises," she shrugs.

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He never apologised to the fans that paid good money, he shrugged off questions and started waffling.

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He shrugged off his previous criticism of the bank governor as "hopeless", telling reporters: "He's very polite, and the coffee was quite good."

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