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Yet space, to many, feels more frivolous, and thus gets hit harder by critics.

FOUR CIVILIAN ASTRONAUTS. THREE DAYS IN ORBIT. ONE GIANT LEAP. MEET THE INSPIRATION4 CREWJEFFREY KLUGERAUGUST 10, 2021TIME

The lawyers for the Sandy Hook relatives have asked the judge in the case to rule that the proposed deposition of Clinton would be “unnecessary and frivolous.”

ALEX JONES’ LAST DITCH DEFENSE IN SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT: DEPOSE HILLARY CLINTONWILL SOMMERJULY 23, 2021THE DAILY BEAST

These days, AC is starting to sound like a less frivolous choice.

IN AMERICA’S LEAST AIR-CONDITIONED CITIES, BRUTAL HEAT CHANGES SOME PEOPLE’S MINDSMARC FISHER, CARISSA WOLF, MICHAEL HINGSTONJULY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST

At its core, Cusack’s argument is that prosecutor-less prosecutions erode one of the major safeguards that protects people — often but not exclusively homeless people — against frivolous criminal cases.

CITY ATTORNEY’S HANDS-OFF APPROACH TO INFRACTIONS MEANS COPS ACT AS PROSECUTORSJESSE MARXJULY 19, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

During those interviews, the two brothers flitted between frivolous family chatter and serious discussion of coronavirus policy.

NOW CNN’S CHRIS CUOMO HAS A FULL-BLOWN SCANDAL ON HIS HANDSERIK WEMPLEMAY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Asked about his support for the bill, a spokeswoman for Simpson referred to his comments at a March news conference when he described the bill as one that protects farmers from “frivolous lawsuits.”

“THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO WE WALK AWAY”: IT’S ABOUT TO GET HARDER TO FILE LAWSUITS SAYING SUGAR HARVESTERS POISONED THE AIRBY LULU RAMADAN, THE PALM BEACH POSTAPRIL 28, 2021PROPUBLICA

If you want a more frivolous game to hurry through and not read paragraphs of actual text to proceed, play another game, because this game will literally stop you unless you do so.

‘NIER REPLICANT’ IS AN EXPERIMENTAL, HEARTBREAKING POP ALBUM OF A VIDEO GAMEGENE PARKAPRIL 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST

No matter how dangerous and frivolous it would be to create a “January exception” for impeachable conduct, and despite overwhelming the evidence that he stoked the MAGA mob, they will let him walk.

STOP TRYING TO SAVE THE GOP. IT’S HOPELESS.JENNIFER RUBINFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST

It’s that we suspect Hawley knows one of these arguments is legally weak and that the other is frivolous.

SEN. HAWLEY HAS BEEN CONDEMNED. HIS BAD LEGAL ARGUMENTS SHOULD BE STAMPED OUT, TOO.DANIEL EPPS, ALAN TRAMMELLJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Under Mayor Bill de Blasio, the city has moved to limit payouts on what the mayor described early in his administration as “frivolous lawsuits” against the NYPD.

NEW YORK CITY PAID AN NBA STAR MILLIONS AFTER AN NYPD OFFICER BROKE HIS LEG. THE OFFICER PAID LITTLE PRICE.BY MIKE HAYES FOR PROPUBLICAJANUARY 12, 2021PROPUBLICA

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