in reality
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Nazeer said everyone involved in reality TV shows needed to be trained on how to safeguard against domestic abuse and assault, adding that independent organisations not paid by the production company should be involved.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“I thought it was interesting to imagine: What is that in reality? What would that feel like day to day? What was his domestic situation?” he continues.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Between 3% to 6% of the world’s human population suffers from arachnophobia, but in reality spiders don’t pose much of a threat to us.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Too often, Social Security advice defaults to black-and-white answers, when in reality it’s almost always a gray, highly individual situation.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
This logic may seem like splitting hairs, like an argument as mystical as Newton's “ghosts,” but in reality it’s not.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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