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am telling

  • present progressive
    of tell (1st person singular).
    tell
    verb (used with object)
    to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.).

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I am telling you to check what your portfolio assumes about inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

“We have an old grid — it could never handle the kind of numbers, the amount of electricity that’s needed, so I am telling them they can build their own plant,” the president said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

"I am telling you: the doors of Venezuela, the arms of the Venezuelan people, are open to those who want to return in this process of healing from hatred," she said in a televised address.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

But I am telling you, this is real.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

“I am telling you the truth,” said Despereaux.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo