genuine
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For serious bakers who want to bring bagels to customers who have never tried the genuine article, the farther a shop is from Manhattan, the greater the weight of tradition and representation, said Laurel Kratochvila.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
“Our Land” is the work of a director whose attention is rigorous, whose care is genuine, but who is also conscious of her outsider’s perspective.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
The lines get blurred when you do feel kindness and genuine compassion for someone you care about.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Skelton said: "We saw the chap had been lying to us. We had genuine hard facts we could use."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
If you were a young person in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, you were unable to separate your fear of Stalin and his henchmen from your genuine patriotic fervor for your Motherland.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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