verily

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I’m sure the cast, which includes Eggers regulars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson, had fun, verily.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

An article in The Muskogee Comet, a Black newspaper, from June 23, 1904, proclaimed that the Tulsa area “may verily be called the Eden of the West for the colored people.”

From New York Times • May 25, 2021

We believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord.

From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2021

“Godfather II” managed to be both a prequel and a sequel, an early force in inviting audiences not just to like something and be grateful, but to say — yea, verily demand: More please.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2019

He looked now, had he known it, verily Ernil i Pheriannath, the Prince of the Halflings, that folk had called him; but he felt uncomfortable.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien