curtly
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“I trust my authors,” Frick says curtly when asked broadly about nailing down truth in memoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He curtly dismisses 2005’s strong “A Bigger Bang” and 2016’s “Blue & Lonesome,” a back-to-basics album of blues covers, as “adequate endeavors that signaled a band living on borrowed time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
She curtly dismissed suggestions that returning to Roland Garros could rekindle positive feelings.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
She curtly responds, “They’re just like us. There. Now you’re all caught up.”
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
“That’s not going to work for me,” Lou Ann says curtly.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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