basically

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"They basically had to just leave us there, and so my son was just devastated," Pingree told the BBC.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

"The Russian economy is a two-tier economy -- the state dominated defence industry, doing pretty well, and basically everything else," London-based expert on the Russian economy Alexander Kolyandr told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

Because California basically invented AI slop!” said Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, president of the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO, in a post on X.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

“I just basically showed up,” Bieber said in his YouTube docuseries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

She tossed them across the desk with her furry, stumpy arms, basically throwing them over Zeke’s and Daniel’s heads.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness