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May 20, 2012

doubt (esp. as in beyond doubt ) n.: peradventure

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According to an NBC/Wall Street Journal survey, the lying cheating hound [President Clinton] has risen in his job approval ratings from 64 per cent to 67 per cent. Prove to the American people beyond peradventure that he’s a Grade A philanderer and fraud—and they conclude that he’s even better at doing his job! (Boris Johnson, “How Clinton Gets Off: Reach Out and Touch,” Daily Telegraph [London], 9/15/1998.)

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