dead-on
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It’s one of many amusingly dead-on observations about the nature of popular music today, whether at the end that enjoys global adulation or at the opposite extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Perhaps that goes some way to explain her mass appeal later in life, expanded in no small way by “Downton” creator Julian Fellowes’ dead-on writing for the show.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
Cannon was dead-on about the increasingly high prices at the amusement park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
Though the voice is decidedly Irish, the message of Michael Magee’s dead-on debut novel is universal.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2023
Another boy performs a cut from a Paul Rudnick play that is dead-on hilarious, but marred just a bit by one mispronounced cultural reference.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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