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Instead, he will end up surrounding himself with a cadre of workers who either see the world exactly as he does and put the “bro” in “brown-nosing,” or simply don’t have any other options.

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But let's not kid ourselves that they're likely to forget the four long years of submissive brown-nosing that came before it.

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For those who think Watson suffered, stop with the celebrity brown-nosing, please.

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I don’t want to brown-nose, I just feel like I’ve proven myself as a nominee and now they see me for who I am.

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In Thursday’s broadcast, Bolsonaro berated those who accuse him of brown-nosing.

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