frank
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There was no hiding place, and the Celtic manager was frank when put in the spotlight at full-time.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"We must be frank: the epidemic is far from being under control," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an emergency meeting on the outbreak.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
To Grande’s point, and to be especially frank, that is more on those people and how their support systems help them better understand those images than her.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s just one example of how the humble frank has been experiencing a cultural glow-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A Horse, born in 1918, destined to be obstinate and frank to the point of tactlessness.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Kozinn and Sinclair paint her as a complex person, occasionally haughty or petty, but franker and more open with the press.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
It was, said Bobby Wagner, an ugly win by the Seahawks — a frank assessment for which wide receiver Tyler Lockett had a slightly franker amendment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2019
I would like to believe that this is a watershed moment, that the downfall of so many powerful men will curb others, that we will have franker conversations about what needs to change.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2017
There are moments on “Glory” that are calculated to seem franker than other moments, but it’s as impersonal as ever.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2016
No man could be franker with a woman than I have been with you.
From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various
Passages like these are some of the frankest and most resonant I have read about what death does to the bereaved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
In framing this as the frankest discussion of their marriage to date, they manage to get away with saying very little.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2020
Ellison’s closeness with Wright brings out some of his frankest early letters.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
“This may be the frankest and most important presidential correspondence of this century,” he told the New York Times.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2018
Good cousin," said she, in her frankest manner, "I confess: I did suspect—for an instant.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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