He pulls up a slide presentation, the crowd lets out a huge groan, and the battle is lost.

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The power went out, and a collective groan rose up.

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And if you want to hear a collective groan from a group of CSR directors, just mention filling out yet another customer CSR survey.

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Picnic tables will groan underneath the weight of piles of cole slaw, potato salad, baked beans, fresh tomatoes out of the garden and spectacularly decorated red, white and blue cupcakes.

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