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A truly great performance must feel honest, and you don’t get to be one of the last great movie stars without telling the truth.

From Salon

He told the court he went into Glenfada Park to seek cover between the courtyard's maisonettes and remembered someone telling a youth to "put away" a nail bomb as "you'll only get people killed".

From BBC

But it was rather telling that the Newcastle head coach only made two changes for this game - and one was enforced after Tino Livramento suffered a knee injury.

From BBC

She was known for travelling constantly for her work, telling the Times newspaper in 2022 that she had not slept in the same bed for more than three weeks since 1986.

From BBC

“Ultimately, it’s telling us that we’ve left the bounds of so-called normal,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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