directly
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“You know, he didn’t arrive directly from America,” Caleta-Car says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Many of these are located in the Karakoram Mountains in High Mountain Asia, where populated valleys and key infrastructure sit directly below them.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison made his case directly to theater owners Thursday, pledging to release a minimum of 30 films a year from the combined Paramount and Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Sir David has not commented directly, but speaking generally about social media at a panel in Davos shortly after Booklyn's statement, he said children are "allowed to make mistakes".
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Except for a car parked at the street curb directly in front, everything looked deceptively normal.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing directly
"We Grow Accustomed to the Dark" by Emily Dickinson
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