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fact

[fakt] / fækt /




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Complicating matters was the fact that the riots unfolded in a moment of political transition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The BBC says it will pause secondments of government statisticians to its fact checking service, BBC Verify, and review their roles.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Yet, she added, "I always assume that there's a method to his madness," and many of his loudest actions may in fact be deflections and "sleight of hand."

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

They then used 24 estimates of the world population stretching across the past 2,000 years to show that human numbers have in fact continually outpaced expectations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The fact that she herself had been shut-in much of her life never seemed to occur to her.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"Talk to them about what they know, talk to them about what they're feeling. You can gently correct inaccurate facts," the doctor said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Instead, it’s worth looking at things that seem much more attenuated from the facts of this concrete case.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

“There’s some things I think don’t portray the facts exactly quite right, but they recorded 500 hours and you’re not going to love everything that’s on the screen. Everybody is represented in this film.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"We will examine whether there were any violations of building codes. We intend to conduct a thorough inquiry and gather all the facts."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I don’t know what else to do. I’ve faced the facts, and I don’t like them.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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