exaggeration
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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
It can’t be an exaggeration to say that tens of millions are grieving her death.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
In his opening statement Monday, defense attorney Michael Sanft told the jury his client has a penchant for exaggeration and urged them not to interpret Davis’s statements about the shooting as fact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
My general note is particular to the genre: Comedy works best when exaggeration arises the way it does in nature, as a fact of personality rather than as a calculated theatrical effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The exaggeration of the storm is typically Roman.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
"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
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
Immergut found Oregon far more believable, dismissing many of the government’s assertions as exaggerations or worse.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025
“The lies, deceit, exaggerations and misrepresentations need to be addressed with the only thing that can refute them — the true facts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
To be sure, some researchers have vigorously attacked the new findings as wild exaggerations.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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