real-life
adjective
: existing or occurring in reality : drawn from or drawing on actual events or situations
real-life problems
real-life drama
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But content celebrating the Columbine shooters is still widely available, and easily found, on TikTok and other platforms, despite rules against glorification of violence and real-life attacks.
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USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Because people remain endlessly fascinated by real-life murder cases, and because the first season made as big a splash as any of these documentaries ever has.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
What new rom-coms offer is a return to an imagined time that wasn’t run by smartphones or social media, where authenticity and spontaneity reign in real-life interactions.
—Erin Carlson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
Still, the spirit of the book’s protagonist, Doc — a marine biologist based on the real-life scientist Ed Ricketts — lives on at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is housed in the former Hovden Cannery.
—Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Media depictions in The Sixth Sense and Sharp Objects and real-life news coverage of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s December 2023 release from jail are hard to look away from.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Quintana doesn’t ask for much in this replay of real-life ethnic struggle.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Apr. 2024
According to People, while dressed in her SVU gear, the little girl mistook Hargitay for a real-life police officer.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
The historical settings reference real-life catastrophes, and the production suffered one of its own when Gaspard Ulliel, originally starring opposite Seydoux, died in a 2022 skiing accident three months before shooting was set to begin.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Because people remain endlessly fascinated by real-life murder cases, and because the first season made as big a splash as any of these documentaries ever has.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
What new rom-coms offer is a return to an imagined time that wasn’t run by smartphones or social media, where authenticity and spontaneity reign in real-life interactions.
—Erin Carlson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
Still, the spirit of the book’s protagonist, Doc — a marine biologist based on the real-life scientist Ed Ricketts — lives on at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is housed in the former Hovden Cannery.
—Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Media depictions in The Sixth Sense and Sharp Objects and real-life news coverage of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s December 2023 release from jail are hard to look away from.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Quintana doesn’t ask for much in this replay of real-life ethnic struggle.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Apr. 2024
According to People, while dressed in her SVU gear, the little girl mistook Hargitay for a real-life police officer.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
The historical settings reference real-life catastrophes, and the production suffered one of its own when Gaspard Ulliel, originally starring opposite Seydoux, died in a 2022 skiing accident three months before shooting was set to begin.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
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