literal
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The process took over 45 minutes, said the unnamed eyewitness, who told NT News that there were "literal nappies", excrement and urine in the hole.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“AI has been helpful in creating thematically surreal images that occupy a dream space rather than a literal space,” Soderbergh said.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
To that demographic, self-identifying as a reader is about more than “the literal act of reading a book,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
“It is the honor of an entire lifetime to host a night celebrating the literal hardest working people in showbiz,” she said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
These were foundations more in line with the literal meaning of the word museum—that is, places consecrated to the worship of the Muses.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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