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Life moved on after his richly deserved back-slapping and feted appearances on the chat show circuit.

From BBC

But both López Obrador and Sheinbaum — the old-school, back-slapping pol and the steely, U.S.-educated technocrat — ultimately embraced U.S.-Mexico commerce.

So they will continue to titillate the man with orgasmic levels of back-slapping deference in order to get the things they want out of him, and defuse those they do not.

From Slate

After issuing a rash of half-baked tweets to the back-slapping applause of red-pill dinguses, Silver has given the internet’s Right-wingers a reason to welcome him to the club.

From Salon

"No doubt there will be lots of cheering and back-slapping... but the physics will not care. As the new agreement locks in high levels of emissions for years to come, so the temperature will continue to rise," said Prof Kevin Anderson from University of Manchester.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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