real-life
Example Sentences
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“Fjord” is based on a controversial real-life 2015 case in which Norway’s child protective services sought to separate a couple from their five children on charges that the parents hit them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Iñárritu reveals that all of this is rehearsal for a new production of the cult-classic play “Fossil Fools,” about a real-life climate disaster and its players who changed the world forever.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Children approach large language models as a salve from real-life social pressures, only to end up feeling more isolated than before.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Inspired by a notorious real-life kidnapping and adapted from the scripted Amazon Music/Wondery audio drama of 2022, “Hostage” once again stars Jon Hamm as Indianapolis media celebrity Fred Heckman—stolid, solid, proper, church-going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
And when you looked at the real world through it, you could see virtual things hovering over real-life objects and places.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
