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“It is our job to sift through the sales pitch to determine what is real and what is bluster,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Throw on top of that football, that’s going to be a real challenge. They said you have to be on top of your stuff and can’t let either get on top of you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“It’s a real challenge to try and tease out one thing out of the array of factors that undermine women’s health in these states,” said Eugene Declercq, a public health researcher at Boston University.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I absolutely agree, of course. I put that one out there today myself, in fact, and look how it worked. Brought you two in real quick.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Spaniards have rhapsodized over Gypsy Vicente Escudero ever since, at the age of 9, he danced in the streets with his Gypsy relatives, went through the crowds passing his worn cap for reales.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the price of five reales, people could look into the telescope and see the gypsy woman an arm’s length away.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Without knowing what to say, he paid ten reales more so that his sons could have that prodigious experience.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I will allow them thirty thousand reales, and we will content ourselves with fifty thousand.
From Maximina by Armando Palacio Valdés
In 1590 the amount was raised to ten reales.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
In Caracas, prices are often denominated in dollars or euros, while on the borders, Colombian pesos and Brazilian reals are often used.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
“He shot ‘Socrates’ with 30,000 reals, which is around $12,000,” said Meirelles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Overall, the government expects the auction, which could continue into Friday, to bring in as much as 50 billion reals.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
The bolívar, the national currency, is worthless, and goods are paid for in gold or reals, the Brazilian currency.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
His proud facial response clearly read: Fur reals, you got this.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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