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through the motions



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What an incredible way to spend your time, because I've had other jobs that have felt like going through the motions or whatever.

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I am just going through the motions, pushing forward with a fake-it-till-I-make-it kind of attitude, believing once this week’s ‘weather bomb’ is over — or “bombogenesis,†or another menacing, meteorologists’ coined name thrown out for the latest explosive, fast-strengthening, impending-doom hyped storm, that my worry will subside.

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The reality was there for all to see as a squad lacking energy laboured and went through the motions in training.

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Said Curl: “We’re basically going against a starter every day in practice. ... It’s not like we’re going through the motions with the scout team.â€

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Earlier Biden rallies had the feeling of supporters going through the motions, supporting his pro-labor policies, perhaps, but none too enthused about fielding an 81-year-old for president.

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