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Sure. Consider a good old Tug 'o War, with 50 strong guys pulling in various directions, and that big old knot in the middle of the rope right over the mud pit isn't moving an inch. (Remember, it would move immediately if the net force on it were not zero.)

Maybe an even better example is to consider 50 people evenly distributed all the way around a small car, with each pushing on the car in no particular direction. It's very plausible that the car doesn't roll at all ... the net force on it is zero.

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