no kidding
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"I arrived in the early morning and I played in the afternoon, no kidding."
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
"Retrieving non-human-origin technical vehicles. Call it spacecraft, if you will. It's probably not the right parlance. But no kidding, non-human, exotic origin vehicles that have either landed or crashed," Grusch said.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023
Once during a court break that fell on, no kidding, National Pig Day, I was commiserating with Charlotte attorney Trey Lindley.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023
“Let’s get this all the way across the finish line—not just small elements, not just a reactor on the ground, but, no kidding, let’s go build a spacecraft and put it in space,” he says.
From Scientific American • Jan. 27, 2022
“Wow, Fernanda, sobrinha. You no kidding when you say this girl has talent!” the man says to Mrs. Walton in a thick Portuguese accent.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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