firsthand
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Mehta too has seen firsthand what government jobs can do for a family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ryan Lucas, aka “The Pickled Guy” on social media, understands this firsthand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ball grew up seeing firsthand the effect being a medical professional can have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Those firsthand images also show guests being driven to the remote church in pickup trucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Unlike bites, werewolf claw marks wouldn’t transmit lycanthropy, but Reyna knew firsthand that they healed slowly and burned like acid.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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