exaggeration
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"The car was still on and they sat in front of a rolling car, that's not an exaggeration."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The available data says the organizational response is at best a huge exaggeration of the rank and file’s view.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The bluff and businesslike Agrippa, not prone to exaggeration, deems it “the day on which the fate of the world would be decided.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It can’t be an exaggeration to say that tens of millions are grieving her death.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
It is no exaggeration to say that my whole family was about to get a wake-up call from hell.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
"When I used to give a demo, I used to get so excited. I was like a kid," Molyneux admits of some of his past exaggerations.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Owens’ story is backed by innuendo, exaggerations, outright falsehoods, and, in several instances, messages delivered through Owens’ own dreams.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
More important, we should be wary of the vast chasm between the frenzied exaggerations of the media that attend this case and its actual significance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
For at Disneyland, exaggerations are the norm, and if we let ourselves live in these abstracted worlds, we can sense their heightened emotions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
At once, Penelope wondered if her well- intended exaggerations might have been unwise.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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