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Pilpul occurs any time the speaker is committed to "prove" his point regardless of the evidence in front of him.
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I attended hundreds of meetings with them at hundreds of sites, but they were committed to proving the untrue.
We are firmly committed to proving this relationship-based model, which includes exploring how this educational structure works in other environments, with different teachers and a different principal.
"They are really committed to proving to the world that the fourth fund was an aberration," said William F. Quinn, president of the pension management arm of the AMR Corporation, parent of American Airlines, and a longtime investor with Hicks, Muse.
The final season of ''The Wire'' is committed to proving him wrong; by leaving nothing out it offers viewers as close a chance as anyone can get to everything.
Indeed, he is so committed to proving his own worth at this stage that he actually negotiated to have a lower base salary than the club was offering, but with higher bonuses available if the club's targets are met.
Vantage and like-minded private equity firms are committed to proving that this need not be the case, and we are unconditionally dedicated to serving thousands of low- and middle-income New Yorkers who deserve an affordable home of which they can be proud.
But educators have got be committed to proving him wrong.
But Obama appears committed to proving Russia's responsibility despite the denials from Trump and the Kremlin.
I'm almost certain Cleveland will end up selecting Embiid with the first pick, though I'm not convinced this is in Cleveland's best interest, as Wiggins seems committed to proving he is the next big thing for the NBA.
Scoble did not address these recent allegations specifically, instead committing to proving himself through future behavior.
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