{"id":1859,"date":"2018-04-11T11:19:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T03:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2018-04-11T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T03:19:49","slug":"damn-with-faint-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/damn-with-faint-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Damn with faint praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KFC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KFC.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KFC-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Verb<\/h2>\n<p><strong class=\"Latn headword\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\"><a title=\"damn\" 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