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Meanwhile, in densely populated areas like south Florida, shrinking landfill availability is creating a literal trash crisis, and recycling is seen as one of the solutions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

It was over in a flash, with half a dozen songs or so, meaning for the tens of thousands of campers here it was a literal case of if you snooze, you lose.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Specifically, he posted an A.I.-generated video of a fighter jet, piloted by himself in a literal crown, dropping human excrement onto the crowds.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

And it also, in literal meaning, it’s something used as part of a trap, which speaks to the spy thriller element to the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

“And I met Bo and he was older and, at the time, seemed impossibly cool. Especially when I was used to a bunch of literal choirboys.”

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

But maybe not in the literals sense, but it’s about the price that you pay for things, that it’s a cost.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2015

Instead, Apple patched up Objective-C and XCode over the years, introducing incremental features like Grand Central Dispatch, collection literals, and blocks, making the whole edifice increasingly labyrinthine and ad hoc.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2014

Mike read, following the lines with his pen, correcting the literals, and he cursed when the "devil" told him that ten more lines of copy were wanting to complete page nine.

From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)

“Those fellows of yours make more literals every day.”

From The Story of Antony Grace by Fenn, George Manville