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can't help

  1. Also,. Be unable to do otherwise. For example, I can't help thinking that the keys will turn up eventually, or He couldn't help but believe he would pass the entrance exam, or I cannot but applaud his efforts. The first of these phrases, can't help, is always followed by a present participle whereas the others take an infinitive. [c. 1700]



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She doesn’t suffer anyone’s foolishness because she doesn’t have to, and that confidence is precisely what aligns her with the classic image of a movie star, the kind of actor that we can’t help but watch, even when their movie is falling off a cliff.

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They try to assist but say they can't help because they don't know anything specifically about GHF.

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So here we are and, of course, I can’t help wondering why I’m even discussing something as seemingly trivial and, yes, even soft, at a time when our lives are threatened.

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Newsom became the face of this error, because he can't help but screw up with the same drama he brings to everything else.

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Dressed in flared silver jeans and a white vest top, she can't help dancing as she assesses tonight's venue.

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