"The adult con n versation still surged across the table, but Rory listened in on Shelly and Zack to the best of his ability."
"The steward was taken aback by the turn in the con - versation, then at the claim."
"I think it's just a matter that "the previous government" has gone from being a criticism to being a verbal tic, a kind of induced Tourette's syndrome in which Conservative boilerplate is inserted into Con-versation whether appropriate or not."