kidding
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This continued for days — in tweet after tweet, over and over and over again, he claimed he was kidding.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
“Are you kidding me?…That just compounded the whole situation,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
"I arrived in the early morning and I played in the afternoon, no kidding."
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
"They are trying to tell us not to believe our own eyes. Are you kidding me? It's really sad and it's really, really scary."
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
And I bet you think I’m kidding, but guess who overcame “sickness” and showed up at work just to use the color printer.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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