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Dave Wilton

05 Feb 2025 • 7 min read
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B&W photo of five pilots in front of a WWI aircraft bearing a squadron insignia of a stars-and-stripes top hat in a ring

throw one's hat into the ring

10 August 2026 To throw one’s hat into the ring is to enter into a fray or contest, and in particular to announce one’s candidacy for an office. The metaphor has a very literal origin in early nineteenth-century boxing, when challengers would toss their hat into the
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Temu

7 August 2026 Temu is a rather new adjective meaning second rate, of poor quality, and it is often applied in a political context, critiquing the powers that be. It comes from the name of the online retailer. Temu launched September 2022 offering low-priced, and often low-quality, goods
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