real
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The musician admits it is a "real pity" that Michael never had the chance to return to China and meet those whose lives were changed by the visit.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Trump Media & Technology DJT 0.31%increase; up pointing triangle has been pitching trading firms on the service, which would send them posts from top accounts in real time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Because every goal is precious, and let’s be real, you never know when another will come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
He’s still trying to grasp who he is in this world and in relation to the real Asa.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
It is not clear what the gentleman's real name was.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Spaniards have rhapsodized over Gypsy Vicente Escudero ever since, at the age of 9, he danced in the streets with his Gypsy relatives, went through the crowds passing his worn cap for reales.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the price of five reales, people could look into the telescope and see the gypsy woman an arm’s length away.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Without knowing what to say, he paid ten reales more so that his sons could have that prodigious experience.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He attracted the notice of Candido, of the academy of bull-fighters at Seville, and he was accepted as a pupil and granted a pension of six reales per day.
From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
"Dos reales" was the price of that piece of lavish entertainment, the old twopence-halfpenny still holding sway in out-districts against the more modern decimal notation.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
In Caracas, prices are often denominated in dollars or euros, while on the borders, Colombian pesos and Brazilian reals are often used.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
I’m just so happy that it’s all been captured for reals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
He initially charged people 650 reals, or about $127, But organizers gathered enough donations, Amaral said, that they were able to cover the trip.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2023
Overall, the government expects the auction, which could continue into Friday, to bring in as much as 50 billion reals.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
His proud facial response clearly read: Fur reals, you got this.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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