wholly
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Secretary of State for Scotland, Douglas Alexander, said the scenes were "wholly unacceptable".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Judge David Wynn Morgan said "it was wholly dishonest for personal gain".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But you don’t have to wholly buy into the idea of a character like Sonny to find something intriguing about what Adeline is saying about storytelling throughout “People Watching.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The result was a single, wholly outmatched excavator coming to the mountain of masonry that had been the Al-Zaharnah home, where Mutaz and at least six others were still interred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
I, meanwhile, was wholly, mindlessly, very contentedly absorbed with the business of just pushing forward.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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