earnest
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“If hostilities were to resume in earnest, we could see prices move towards $150 per barrel,” Rystad Energy estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
It offers eternal love, betrayal, regret and redemption, in earnest if not always logical fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
This “Scary Movie” makes fun of all four of those newer hits, as well as the recent rebooquels of “Halloween,” which was earnest, and “Scream,” which couldn’t decide what tone to hit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
“Propeller One-Way Night Coach” is as earnest as they come, more candid than any memoir and more interesting than any biopic.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
“Are you in earnest? Do you truly love me? Do you sincerely wish me to be your wife?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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