tell

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The interviews revealed the "pain of having no one to tell when something upsetting happens, and no one to share with when something joyful happens", Kim said.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Here, Colman Domingo’s renegade intelligence operative also refuses to tell anyone anything, but all the unspoken beats just feel like plot holes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Brindle went on to say that it was "very difficult to tell at the outset when granting asylum as to whether somebody is going to go on to commit crime or not".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

What I can tell you for sure is that on Thursday, it will also have a 20-foot inflatable World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

I have no doubt in my mind that if I don’t confess, she will tell him.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold