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lost cause
noun as in wild-goose chase
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They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.
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The season is far from a lost cause.
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He tried, moving trash cans and nudging back, then reluctantly concluding it was a lost cause.
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Between that lost cause and all the attention the left has managed to focus on how broken ObamaCare is in general, you might think that a good day to bail out.
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Red Bull's Verstappen has turned a seemingly lost cause into a thrilling late, if unexpected, charge for a fifth title.
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