emphatically
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Home plate umpire Dan Iassogna called a third strike, but Madrigal argued with the umpire, emphatically slapping his head.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
If it's a friendly where the home team is winning emphatically, then there probably will be.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
When I ask if she’d ever made contact with any ghosts, Grohl nods emphatically before describing a trip to a hunting estate near the Scottish Highlands.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
His only blemish remains a draw with Frazer Clarke, a result he emphatically avenged with a first-round stoppage.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
They take pains to explain that ants are not, emphatically not, tiny mechanical models of human beings.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing emphatically
A Christmas Carol
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