lost cause
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Bleached corals had been largely written off because of their high mortality rate, said Collins -- though the new work instead demonstrates they "really shouldn't be thought of as a lost cause."
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
And the championship, he now knows, is almost a lost cause.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
But reducing or omitting speech from a movie’s audio tracks forces viewers to give the screen their full attention, which Netflix and other streaming services assume is a lost cause in the second-screen era.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
The upset victories thrilled Southern California’s Latino political class, who long saw Whittier as a Republican-run lost cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“Yes, indeed. I think I know a lost cause when I see one.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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