real thing
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Burwell is slated to compose for Barker’s follow-up, “Anything but Ghosts,” about a pair of cynical paranormal investigators who encounter the real thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Here, Madonna is liberated from Universal’s script notes or editing maneuvers, free from tweaking anyone’s performance to feel more like the real thing.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
But these templates don’t come anywhere close to the real thing, so Kakaiya decided to make an anatomically precise, patented 3D-printed model.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
Some aficionados would still prefer the real thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Instead they were usually relegated to indoor rowing tanks, poor substitutes for the real thing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
