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dead giveaway



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The color of the notes is usually a dead giveaway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Though the human-size Amazon box could be a dead giveaway.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

When happiness is a dead giveaway that someone either doesn’t know, or doesn’t care, how very bad things are?

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

It is very easy to create a fake webpage that looks exactly like the Chase sign-in page, but the underlying URL is usually a dead giveaway.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023

The bedside lamps, bolted to the tables, were a dead giveaway, as were the long drapes made from the same fabric as the bedspread, and the generic watercolor prints on the walls.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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