exaggerate
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That said, I don’t want to exaggerate what’s happened to me so far.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mr. Stallone does not minimize the pain his parents caused him, nor does he exaggerate the effort required to get past it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Dalziel said: "She was a straightforward and calm witness. She did not exaggerate or embellish."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In climate data, "noise" refers to short-erm temperature changes that can temporarily hide or exaggerate the underlying trend.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Harry had told me that Bach should be played very softly, and very loudly, to exaggerate the phrasing, because the pieces themselves are so ordered that the emotion needs to come through in the playing.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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The bigger this ratio, the more extreme the moves can be as leverage exaggerates them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Mr. Futterman occasionally exaggerates his case with over-the-top prose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
As Close broke into laughter, Leger-Walker added, “I did. Maybe it was a couple of hours later, but I definitely returned her messages. She exaggerates that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
He exaggerates his movements, lifting his feet like he is stepping onto a stage.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Micron stock has struggled, but fears of memory-chip competition might be exaggerated.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
While Tiwari said it was intended to make the film more accessible to international audiences, Adlakha likened the result to "exaggerated mouth movements superimposed on still images for comedy sketches".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
He highlighted how exaggerated some moves were in the most popular hedge fund longs and shorts and pointed to it being the second-most volatile day of the year for this class of stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
American experts who work with the Saudi military say stories of disgruntlement among the military are exaggerated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Hudson’s was harsher and always sounded exaggerated, even when it was real.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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In those cases, at least, the science was mostly real and the issue was just AI potentially exaggerating its importance.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The allegations in these indictments apparently are that they went beyond exaggerating the threats and actually supported these organizations to make them bigger threats so they could then monitor them or do whatever they did.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
We got in, the car lurched forward and, I’m not exaggerating, less than a block later, the driver stopped the car, jumped out and opened my door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“His kind of self-mythologizing and exaggerating is part of what makes his youth so interesting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He made me sound way better than I really was, glossing over the passes I missed and exaggerating all the saves I pulled off.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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