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"It basically ruined my week," she said.
The power of the president basically ruined Finnick".
"This company basically ruined what was otherwise a great trip," wrote a typical reviewer in 2012.
To think that I went that low to go steal in these shops when they're, like, basically that's their business, that's how they're providing for their families, and we've basically ruined that and they've got to start from scratch".
Jerry Brown is the oldest man ever elected governor of California (shortly after he turned 73 in April, he became the oldest governor in the state's history), arguably taking on one of the most stressful jobs in public life: the office of the governor of California has basically ruined everyone who has wrestled with it for the past 30 years.
But he insists that the sausages must be strategically placed between the eggs and the beans to create a "sausage breakwater" a la Alan Partridge; if any of the sauce from the beans touches the eggs, his day is basically ruined.
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"To get someone to buy a $20,000 car and spend another $20,000 to basically ruin the car is a little insane, really," he said.
"This is a town that changes everybody's plans; it basically ruins everybody's itineraries," she said, "and makes them switch directions pretty quickly.
You're basically ruining someone's life and unleashing the potential of complete, ironic karmic comeuppance upon yourself.
"There was a campaign against it in London in the gay press 10 years ago because it was basically ruining the club scene," he said.
All of the theorizing and guesswork about the future of Game of Thrones may give you an endless stream of podcasts to listen to in the shower or whatever, but it's basically ruining the show for everyone.
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