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“A lot of people exaggerate the 9-9-6,” he says, referring to founders who post online about working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Dalziel said: "She was a straightforward and calm witness. She did not exaggerate or embellish."

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In climate data, "noise" refers to short-erm temperature changes that can temporarily hide or exaggerate the underlying trend.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

All of these categories can distort or exaggerate GDP for reasons that have little to do with the health of the overall economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The Nationalists also rejected interracial cooperation, and both the National Party and the American State Department saw fit to exaggerate the size and importance of the new organization for their own ends.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

One factor reinforcing Block’s motivation for shorting credit is his opinion that there is too much passive investing in the market that automatically exaggerates moves when they come.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

The Donroe doctrine also exaggerates the importance of natural resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

The advertising and promotional material “often distorts, exaggerates, and manipulates scientific evidence and rhetoric to sell stem-cell products, therapies, and ideas,” the paper states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

He exaggerates his movements, lifting his feet like he is stepping onto a stage.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

“He certainly exaggerated things,” said Damian Merlo, a Miami-based consultant who worked with Cerimedo on the 2023 campaign of Argentine President Javier Milei, a Trump favorite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

It also found that there was a widely held belief that migrants calling from small boats exaggerated the distress, meaning the coastguard underestimated the emergency.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I generally find it exaggerated and melodramatic when someone says that one event or moment changed the rest of their life,” Mr. Daniels writes, but he insists that the claim is appropriate here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

We get to see a different side of Paul Baker this season with his other friend group, who embody this exaggerated, bro-y masculinity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

He looked up momentarily at his comrade from behind a staggering mountain of scrumptious food, and pointed to his leg, which was swathed in a hugely exaggerated bandage.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The allegations in these indictments apparently are that they went beyond exaggerating the threats and actually supported these organizations to make them bigger threats so they could then monitor them or do whatever they did.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

We got in, the car lurched forward and, I’m not exaggerating, less than a block later, the driver stopped the car, jumped out and opened my door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

“His kind of self-mythologizing and exaggerating is part of what makes his youth so interesting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"They've scored 60% of their goals that way," Klopp said of the Gunners - exaggerating for effect.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

She walked gingerly up the slanted roof, exaggerating the difficulty of balancing without her hands.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld