literally
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How did Infantino go from progressive reformer, the overseer of newly transparent and accountable FIFA, to the man who literally tried to sell the World Cup?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The talks are focused on reopening the crucial waterway, which Trump said could come "literally by tomorrow", and the denuclearisation of Iran, which he said could "take a little while".
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It didn’t peel off,” Burgum said during a July 5 CNN interview, insisting that vandals with boxcutters had caused the damage: “There were people literally trying to destroy part of the monument.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
I literally don’t know anyone there or have any idea how to navigate the probate process.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
“We literally thought of and designed and flew the airplanes in a space of about six or eight weeks,” said British aviation pioneer Thomas Sopwith.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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