honest
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He said he is so honest, “I practically sweat holy water.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Jay Spector, a certified financial planner and co-CEO of EverVest Financial, uses a “reality-based investment philosophy” with his clients, where “long-term financial success starts with being honest about your current situation,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Yet that is truthful to the past, and in a poignant postwar conclusion the book makes an honest accounting of how much of Günter’s faith in the life drive has survived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“I mean, they need to be able to do that. But they just, you know, they need to pay more attention to the crooks than people trying to make an honest living.”
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
I knew it was code for “I don’t want to go through Pops’s things by myself,” and to be honest, I feel the same way.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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