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"Without punches."
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"text": "a punchless Christmas party"
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"Without punch, the drink."
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"ref": "2007 February 15, Howard Beck, “For Knicks, Another Game That Epitomizes Their Season”, in New York Times",
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"Failing to strike; ineffective."
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