for sure
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“I thought for sure that staff at the clinic would help me out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Then again, we don’t have the full context of the excerpts, so it’s hard to know for sure what we’re looking at.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
“There’s no way to know for sure, no way to even investigate,” Marshall added.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Is it possible some of this diversity emerged after the invasion? It is, but we would have to sequence snakes from the native populations to know for sure," Gray says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
“And we are going to break it this time for sure, right, team?”
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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