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telling it like it is



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“The public conflates that with the truth: ‘They’re telling it like it is.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

In a Party dominated by engineers, he was an economist, who become known for "telling it like it is" by honestly and publicly acknowledging China's economic problems as a means of finding solutions to them.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

But Hurtt has quickly earned a reputation for telling it like it is in his first season as the defensive coordinator after the firing of Ken Norton Jr.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

The school has decided that there is a virtue to just telling it like it is.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

I held my breath waiting for her to open her mighty mouth and say awful things, loud—laying it down, telling it like it is.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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