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While she identifies many laws with age-related restrictions, none pass muster under her own distinctive comparative test.

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Cynthia tried to buy tickets for the Wall but didn’t pass muster in time.

As the anointed budget cutter in chief he took great umbrage that anyone would think of passing legislation that didn't pass muster with him personally and he took to his social media platform to demand that the Republicans refuse to pass the bill, ordering a government shutdown until Trump takes office.

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He cried foul, pushing claims of a conspiracy against him that didn't pass muster with his fellow Republicans.

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Her deeply skeptical views of most U.S. foreign policy, including support for Ukraine, sympathy for dictators like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad in Syria and embrace of various conspiracy theories has earned her many critics who say that she would not pass muster in a Senate confirmation process.

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