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unreal

[uhn-ree-uhl, -reel] / ʌnˈri əl, -ˈril /


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And L.A., a lot of the time, there’s things that happen here that are crazy, that feel almost unreal, but they are real.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Mr. Ridgway combines an exact sense of setting—one could take a walking tour of the streets he names—with the spare, unreal atmosphere of an allegory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Others, however, warn that the fluid nature of filmmaking makes rigid eight-hour shifts "unreal" to enforce on mega-budget sets.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

"It would be unreal, incredible, to get another game in the Premier League and for Liverpool," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

There was the rushing sound of seventy-five thousand voices and the tumbling motion of horses and the flight of wind and dirt and the airy unreal feeling of mass and gravity slipping away.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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