Exist
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Both words in one sentence
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As one book puts it, a man who goes around the disc arguing that gods don't exist tends to be found later as a pair of still-smoking shoes next to a sign reading "YES WE DO."
Source: Bolt of Divine Retribution - Anti-smoking did exist in some parts of society.
Source: Useful Notes / The Fifties -
Another more specific instance comes in Small Gods, where it's noted that whenever a philosopher comes in and says the gods don't exist, "We find their sandals later, still smoking, and a Lightning bolt with a little sign saying, 'Yes, we do.'"
Source: Smoldering Shoes
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