literal
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These schools weren’t quite a direct pipeline into the American armed services, but their implicit promise was to cultivate gentlemen, if not always literal officers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
And the last thing we need is a world without mothers — literal or figurative.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
The process took over 45 minutes, said the unnamed eyewitness, who told NT News that there were "literal nappies", excrement and urine in the hole.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Morris, Ms. Wheeler writes, often “subordinated literal truth to art.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Mr. Reed tells students they have to interview someone—a mother or father or grandparent—about their own portages, the moments in their lives when they’ve had to take a journey, literal or metaphorical.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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