full well
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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
“We know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America, while we have not even begun yet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The force said there was a "continuous, wilful making of false allegations" by Sharples, who knew "full well the consequences for each of the men involved".
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
I shake my head watching this all play out—knowing full well those feeders never stood a chance.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Ulbrickson knew full well that money more or less grew on the trees at Yale, and that funds had been vastly easier to come by in 1928, before the Depression, than in 1936.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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