kidding
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“All the things you’ve done to your faces are very tasteful. Yours truly, Elle Fanning. ... Just kidding, it’s me again, Stellan Skarsgård.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
"I arrived in the early morning and I played in the afternoon, no kidding."
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
Since the crash, she has spent her days preparing for Sunday’s race and letting the world know that she isn’t kidding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
“Who are we kidding, there is no chance that this print distracts investors from the ongoing circus,” Benchmark analyst Daniel L. Kurnos wrote in a research note last week.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Or Uhmma tease Apa and then lightly kiss him on the cheek to make sure he knows she was only kidding?
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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