warts and all

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Mr Pettigrew said he welcomed the NC500 Ltd impact study "so long as it is warts and all" but said it was 10 years too late.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Some see Crowther as an unfairly maligned man of his time, and his effigy as an important part of the state’s history, warts and all.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

Annette’s performance is as astonishing as it is the truest extension of her willingness to play Diana Nyad, warts and all.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Her tough stance on terror, non-aligned foreign policy and efforts to help Rohingya refugees — “all of this has made her government, warts and all, fully acceptable to much of the world,” Kugelman said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

Not many men are so outspoken as Cromwell was when he sat to Cooper for his miniature: "Paint me as I am," said he, "warts and all."

From Character by Smiles, Samuel