obvious truth

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Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a “gaffe” as what happens “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Yet those inside the locker room acknowledged a harsh, yet obvious, truth, following the Lakers’ 124-114 loss to Denver.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

“The obvious truth is that Diana’s story is one of the most told and retold stories probably in the past 30 years,” Perkins said in an interview this week.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

She’s been beating that drum for so long and the pandemic has driven the obvious truth of that home—literally—in a pretty devastating way.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2020

Of course I did not go to the Hidden Lakes but I could see the obvious truth nevertheless.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya