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I think of the cavalier way Republican lawmakers have denied claims about the detention camp’s conditions.

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Judge Vanessa Francis said that the pair had a "cavalier attitude" and were equally culpable.

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The Tory MP was highly critical of Lord Cameron, who made the decision to hold the referendum after pressure from Eurosceptics, saying he had been "extremely cavalier".

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Their batting was sensible, rather than cavalier, yet the hosts still scored in excess of four an over.

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The problem, they say, is the administration’s seemingly cavalier treatment of an office that was funding work on urgent national security concerns.

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

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