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One insider who has been part of conversations about the chances of changing the leader says, "it's not flighty people, not just newbies without a clue, they're not idiots".

From BBC Sep. 27, 2025

He washed up at the homeless shelter, desperate to start anew but without a clue how to do it.

From Seattle Times Jul. 9, 2022

Without social media to rely on for news, Frazier and Bradley arrived at Madison Square Garden for Game 7 without a clue whether Reed would play.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2020

It is written, as well, for the children, bless them, as their needs are paramount, just above the desperate, child-free uncle scrambling into late December without a clue.

From Slate Nov. 27, 2019

Accordingly he imprisoned him and his son Icarus in the Labyrinth, certainly a proof that it was excellently devised since not even the maker of it could discover the exit without a clue.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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