honest
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"I felt a bit let down if I'm honest," the 50-year-old says.
From BBC β Aug. 8, 2026
The stakes are higher and more honest here than in most of the TV movies that “Maddie’s Secret” draws from.
From Salon β Aug. 8, 2026
Justice Alito characterizes Mr. Calabresi as “quite a brilliant originalist scholar” and clearly regards his analysis as an honest mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 7, 2026
It functions, instead, as an honest and inquisitive interrogation of a life that has been, for too long, shrunken down and underappreciated.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 7, 2026
If I’m honest, she reminded me of a hobbit, from Lord of the Rings.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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