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Would Starmer even want to get involved and expend his own political capital with the US president?

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Like anyone who runs cold, I expend a good deal of energy avoiding it.

Zelensky and his generals have faced criticism in the past for waiting too long to withdraw from politically significant positions and expending Ukrainian soldiers’ lives with the delay.

Smith’s sales also come amid a marketwide about-face on AI, fueled by concerns that hyperscalers—the owners of massive data centers—are expending too much capital in exchange for little, if any, return.

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And when the other one isn’t looking, each seems to power down — Lawrence’s Grace physically collapsing like an unplugged air dancer — a clue of how much energy they must privately expend to make it work.

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