groundless
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A Kremlin spokesman rejected the allegations as groundless.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The long-term rise in beef prices has provoked market participants into a spate of finger-pointing, not all of which is groundless.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Beijing at the time called the accusations "groundless".
From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025
Lot of reasons for that, it’s not groundless optimism.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
It was with a heavy heart that Frodo saw Aragorn and Legolas climb the steep bank and vanish into the mists; but his fears proved groundless.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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