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Discover LudwigThe phrase "argued he just" is not correct and does not form a coherent expression in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete thought and lacks clarity, making it difficult to determine its intended use without additional context.
Example: "He argued he just wanted to help."
Alternatives: "claimed he merely" or "asserted he simply".
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He wasn't trying to defraud anybody or gain anything, his lawyers argued; he just wanted his father's views represented.
Last week Speaker John Boehner tearfully argued he just wanted 'fairness' for the American people.
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Meryl Streep would be the best example, while an action hero like Jason Statham could easily fall into either camp—I'd argue he just scrapes through with a pass.
The president's heart is in the right place, a string of supporters argued: he is just being stonewalled by opponents.Mr Obama's whole bus tour was in friendly territory.
According to Zaheer Ali, a scholar and expert on Malcolm X, the 20th-century black icon may well have viewed Trump's candidacy in a similar vein, and might have argued he's just laying bare bigotry essential to American culture.
In vetoing the bill, Deal argued, he was not just providing a business-friendly climate for job growth in Georgia.
Tourre is to argue he was just a cog in the machine, and that those who lost money were sophisticated investors who made their own bad decisions.
However Kogan, who testified to the committee earlier this week, argues he was just using Facebook's platform as it was architected and intended to be used — going so far as to claim its developer terms are "not legally valid".
He would argue one way; he would argue another; he just didn't want to see bigotry thrive or watch a man die.
Even President Bush's Justice Department, added the court, "does not argue otherwise". But evidently Attorney General Mukasey would argue otherwise — he just did.
Cooley argues that he just wants a level playing field.
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