literally
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“We do Flag Day real big up here,” notes one of many cheerful residents of Three Oaks, Mich., in a literally and figuratively flag-waving documentary about the immensely pleasing nature of small-town pride.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Rather than putting out a dry statement promising to cooperate with the authorities, five employees crafted a jokey response saying the robbers had taken KitKat’s “have a break” slogan a little too literally.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"And the poem just came out. It literally wrote itself," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Man, I swear to God, we shot that 15 years ago, and literally I do a fart noise, and I say, “How long have you been with her?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
There was the tarte Philippe, a dessert so indescribably delicious that Penelope found herself literally unable to describe it.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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