in reality
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I felt sure they had decided to bathe and join us in reality.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
He also relayed the importance of doing the right thing, and creating stories based in reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
While previous news chiefs typically steered clear of “60 Minutes,” Weiss is more hands-on, saying previously, “what’s being called ‘editorial interference’ is in reality the job description of an editor in chief.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But in reality, they are caught in a loop, with high oil prices from the Iran war setting off a chain reaction in markets already looking fragile on their own.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
The stops stand for places where you can get on or off or sometimes change trains, and these are ordered into straight lines with junctions, whereas in reality they are all higgledy-piggledy.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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