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All this disappeared from the public discourse in favor of a made-up story about Russia.

Barker said she struggled to come up with details because “it was all made-up stuff.”

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The bill being vague and founded on the “made-up criteria” of the senators who authored it threatens the health and lives of far more people than those who elect to terminate their pregnancies, she said.

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He derided the concept on a 2022 episode of his eponymous show as “a made-up, new age term that … does a lot of damage.”

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These very basic, largely made-up dishes "clouded appreciation of the diversity and sophistication of Chinese gastronomic culture", writes Fuchsia Dunlop in her new book, Invitation to a Banquet.

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