kidding
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When Nolan says big scale, he is not kidding.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026
These statistics suggest that some analysts may be kidding themselves — and us — when they argue that the Nasdaq composite’s recent drop is healthy — nothing more than a normal bull-market rotation between sectors.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
When harangued by CNBC’s Joe Kernan to “reject” the winners, Jeffries replied, “Donald Trump is the president right now. Are you kidding me?”
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026
“Are you kidding me?…That just compounded the whole situation,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
She jabbed her finger at the screen, and I could see that Professor McMillan hadn’t been kidding earlier—he really had already programmed the Glitch back to the Academy on the night it was destroyed.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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