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mark my words

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  1. Pay attention to what I say, as in Mark my words, that man is not to be trusted. This admonition first appeared in Miles Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible (Isaiah 28:23).


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“You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you’re going to jail,” Jeanine Pirro said in an appearance on her old stomping grounds at Fox News.

From Slate Feb. 7, 2026

“You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you’re going to jail,” she told Fox’s Martha MacCallum on Monday.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2026

"I'm still very young, I have so many plans and dreams ahead, but mark my words - I'll be the owner of a big club, for sure," Ronaldo promised during the Globe Soccer Awards ceremony.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2025

"We are not withdrawing and did not withdraw, if force has closed a door, we will open many doors of hope, mark my words," Tantawi told supporters in Cairo on Friday.

From Reuters Oct. 13, 2023

Our goal is to get wands into as many Unremarkable hands as possible, ’cause you mark my words: there’s gon’ come a day when we gon’ need magic to protect us from you Manifestors.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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