full well
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Especially knowing full well that all that interrogation could ever reveal was a bottomless shame that nobody—and certainly not themselves—could atone for?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
In these writings, Grossman wrote the truth of what he saw and heard, knowing full well that much of it could not be published or even shared with others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
While countries have expressed disappointment, Cutler said, there are no signs of retaliation, "knowing full well they would risk further US tariff escalation."
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
"You'd think she'd be doing everything she could to try and save a child's life, knowing full well that he wasn't responding; he didn't appear to be breathing and he was going blue."
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
I asked, knowing full well Charlie had withdrawn from all his classes but still hadn’t told Mom.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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