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}}The [[collective noun]] for a group of lawyers from that permanently yearning [[silver circle law firm]], [[Simmons & Simmons]]. After the [[collective noun]] for  a large bunch of in-flight co-ordinating [[starling|starlings]].
}}The [[collective noun]] for a group of lawyers from that permanently yearning [[silver circle law firm]], [[Simmons & Simmons]]. After the [[collective noun]] for  a large bunch of in-flight co-ordinating [[starling|starlings]].


Though it implies a rather unimaginative [[hive mind]] albeit one making strangely beautiful, alien, but ultimately meaningless metamorphoses — those ''in'' such a [[murmuration]] — each one we may call a “[[starling]]” —should not complain, seeing as it was their idea in the first place.
Though it conjures the image of a rather unimaginative [[hive mind]] of drone-like workers, blindly following each other about, without a plan, let alone any sense of a grander purpose or wider strategy— albeit doing so in a fashion yielding strangely beautiful, alien, but ultimately meaningless shapes — those ''in'' such a [[murmuration]] — each one we may call a “[[starling]]” —should not complain, seeing as it was their idea in the first place.


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The collective noun for a group of lawyers from that permanently yearning silver circle law firm, Simmons & Simmons. After the collective noun for a large bunch of in-flight co-ordinating starlings.

Though it conjures the image of a rather unimaginative hive mind of drone-like workers, blindly following each other about, without a plan, let alone any sense of a grander purpose or wider strategy— albeit doing so in a fashion yielding strangely beautiful, alien, but ultimately meaningless shapes — those in such a murmuration — each one we may call a “starling” —should not complain, seeing as it was their idea in the first place.

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