nay

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While her affection for Kermit is true, the great joke of their affair is that he’s often portrayed as tolerating her instead of providing the full worship she demands – nay, deserves.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

On Tuesday the House and Senate passed the Epstein files bill with only one nay vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Altogether, the Gaza branch of the Conservatory used to have more than 400 instruments - both Western classical ones and traditional Arabic instruments such as the oud, qanun and nay, a type of flute.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

On one vote, Lindsey Graham, distracted in conversation with Cory Booker, voted aye when he meant to vote nay.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024

If we lift the veil and look underneath...we shall discover much emptiness, darkness, and confusion; nay, if I mistake not, direct impossibilities and contradictions....

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife