telltale
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Nevertheless, there was that telltale pricking at the eyes when your mind begins to think about what might have been.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
It looked at recent drugs which try to fight Alzheimer’s by removing the telltale protein clusters in the brain known as “amyloid plaques.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
A telltale sign, in many, was a request for money or an offer to rewrite his résumé for a fee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The model scans 10-by-10-meter squares of land to determine whether poppies are present by their telltale orange color.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
No, they replied after a split-second but telltale delay; there really wasn’t.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing telltale
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