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whole story









NOUN
what's what
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I came clean and told Pop the whole story, selling it under the guise of patriotism — and with three-part harmony and a harmonica.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

But hers is not the whole story, and the moment we decide reading one spouse’s account makes us qualified to render a verdict on the couple, we are participating in intellectual laziness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Villarreal: I Googled — and I will say I clearly am not the only one that thought this because there was a whole story of it — “Did they really eat KFC chicken?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Does that put the lie to the whole story everyone wants to tell about John Roberts versus Donald Trump?

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Natalie switched to English, and her whole story came gushing out.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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