telltale
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The telltale clues included gibberish coordinates embedded in the fake image, which spread across sites including Instagram, Threads and X.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
Aside from the telltale rash, measles symptoms can include high fever, cough and red, watery eyes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
Big picture: If there were big trouble brewing for the economy, a telltale sign would be rising jobless claims.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
In other words, it has none of the telltale signs that companies have typically relied on as they have scoured the West for heat to turn into electrons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
The telltale sonic boom indicated that the plane had pushed through the volatile transonic region into the state of smoother, all-supersonic flows.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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