blatant
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This sounds like a blatant manipulation tactic—what do you make of it?
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
What followed was a scrap between two players, including a Seahawks receiver who committed blatant pass interference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“This case involves a blatant abuse of public trust — funneling taxpayer dollars intended for students into personal coffers,” Hochman said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
But the article telling the Swiss how to vote came across to many as blatant interference in their widely respected system of direct democracy, and has caused real anger.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
It might have been the blatant wizardishness of his appearance, but it might, too, have been that even Uncle Vernon could sense that here was a man whom it would be very difficult to bully.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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