point-blank
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Callaway, the founder, said that no investors during his recent fundraising asked about exit scenarios point-blank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
She’s 28 now—it’s been more than a decade since she wrote I Am Malala, about speaking out against the Taliban as a teenager and surviving being shot at point-blank range for it.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
Here, he missed from point-blank range in the opening minutes.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
There were two Tyler Bilodeau misses at point-blank range — including a blown dunk — an Xavier Booker layup that was blocked and a Dent lob that was deflected and stolen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026
Joe had finally gone to his brother Fred and asked him point-blank where their father was, and Fred, after some hemming and hawing, had told him.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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