be true
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He thinks they’re too good to be true.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
“I really just approached it truthfully,” she said, noting that while the show is a comedy, the circumstances Mary finds herself in are genuinely tragic, and she wanted to be true to that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Which of course turned out to be true.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“And if a price seems too good to be true, the quality may not be what you expect.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
They were unable to see what they didn’t already assume to be true.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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