For a sober real-world example, take the period just after the indecisive UK general election when, as readers will recall, everyone felt uncertain about who would form the next government and what policies they would follow.

BBC: Go Figure: Are we related?

After all, to take just one eminently foreseeable example, the US will not go to war with China or even seriously threaten China - which owns the US debt - to compel Beijing to lower its CO2 emissions.

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Take, for example, the ban on semi-automatic firearms modeled after military assault weapons proposed by Feinstein, a California Democrat, and backed by Obama.

CNN: Gun lobby may emerge victorious when smoke clears

Take for example a video that features a janitor who pretends to clean offices after hours, looking for a lone female office employee.

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