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The EU were given short shrift by major producers.

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Smith’s activist career gets fairly short shrift in the movie, although it’s an important facet of her recent life.

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While Putin has condemned Soviet-era crimes, authorities typically downplay them and the victims of repression are often given short shrift in history textbooks.

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Such questions get distinctly short shrift in the dominant political narratives.

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Instead of the typical rock-star tale that relives the glory days and gives short shrift to the rest, the former Black Sabbath frontman chose to lay bare his recent medical struggles in grisly detail.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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