telling
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So there was no telling when or if her 6:15 p.m. connecting flight to Providence would take off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The Chinese, too, threw cold water on the chances of a breakthrough, with one Chinese official telling The Times the central government saw no benefit to a pause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
If we don’t speak up, there’s no telling how many other authors have found—or will find—their work caught in this web.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
"There are no elections in South Sudan as I have been telling you," rights campaigner Malong Deng told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
And then I hear a voice telling me to go, and I realize that it’s my gut — my butterflies urging me to see and heed their flags.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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