without fail
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It comes out every single year so without fail, someone is mentioning it, Oprah is mentioning it, everybody is mentioning it!
From Los Angeles Times
The paper was frayed and nearly falling apart because every night, without fail, Pili would read to her little brother.
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"Pretty much without fail every sceptical scientist that comes on board who gets to go on a dive changes their opinion."
From Barron's
There’s one show at the Disneyland Resort that each year, without fail, brings me to tears — tears of joy, but also tears of surprise that something so lively, diverse and dance-focused exists at a Disney park.
From Los Angeles Times
These letters she wrote and sent without fail, though she had yet to receive a reply.
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