literally
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A virtual architectural experience called Walk Your Plans, which enables you to, quite literally, walk through your dream home before it is built—or, at the very least, a visual representation of it.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026
Dr Peter Jones has spent the past 30 years immersed - quite literally - in bogs, fens and wetlands, trying to help save the planet and earning himself the nickname The Bogfather in the process.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
Being gay and misunderstood, with the unacknowledged pain of it kept inside, was quite literally eating me alive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: It’s odd, because the federal statute in question literally mirrors the language of the 14th Amendment.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026
Alicia, who could literally not move for an entire class period, even when the teacher was waving a pencil in front of her eyes.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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