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“The real issue is the water and the nitrates,” Mr. Turek said at a recent roundtable with cancer patients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Paul said the real issue was the adjustments had to be reasonable.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The real issue would be whether the hospital could evade its statutory duties simply by preventing the very event that triggered them.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

“That shortfall of emergency public information that was the real issue here,” Botterell said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

“Well, yes . . . but . . . well, as I said, the word ain’t and even the word frindle—these are not the real issue here,” said Mrs. Chatham.

From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements


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