cant
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He writes with clarity and a welcome lack of cant, and he has an eye for the telling detail.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Davidson referenced a New York Times article about trouble with their business venture, but said, “I cant spend $5 on a paywall when I have a kid on the way.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
“Trying to do the least with the most, him being 58. and he doesn’t want to help me financially. also he turns everything on you cant take ownership for anything,” said another.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024
Lauren doesn’t bother to keep a lid on his simmering contempt, he just recodes it as a stream of virtue-signaling cant.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
“Children and dogs are always taking up with him like that. He cant help it.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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