literal
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Their arrival, and a contractual deadline for successfully reversing the formula that might cost Les his company, sets up a ticking clock, represented by literal ticking clocks mounted around the laboratory.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
“It is late for the literal, no?” he protests when the narrator presses him on biographical specifics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
It’s weird to be alive at a time when much of contemporary warfare comprises literal laser beams, flying robots and dungeons full of nerds at computer terminals, but that’s really what’s happening.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
It’s weird to be alive at a time when much of contemporary warfare comprises literal laser beams, flying robots and dungeons full of nerds at computer terminals, but that’s really what’s happening.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
The old knight was a good man, but sometimes very literal.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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