tell it like it is
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I’ll have to just tell it like it is.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Boehm and Headlee plainly intended to tell it like it is on Social Security.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023
“We must tell it like it is — any potential damage to Zaporizhzhia is suicide,” Mr. Guterres said, echoing comments he made earlier this month.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022
Some people want the books they read to tell it like it is.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2021
When you prepare your report, just tell it like it is.
From The Universe — or Nothing by Moldeven, Meyer
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