vain
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Speaking of trillion-dollar leprechauns, you will hunt through all 545 pages in vain for those big “DOGE” savings you were promised.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
Woody can be bossy and controlling, jealous and vain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
"How my life has been spent in vain here!"
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
With each stride, I squirmed deeper into the Florsheims’ tapered toes in a vain effort to spare my chafing heels.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Returned to the ship, the heroes held a council and one and another urged Jason to let him take the trial upon himself; but in vain, Jason would yield to none of them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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