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Turns out, Ashley Padilla's funny bad haircut sketch on Saturday Night Live was based on a true story.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
The graphic novel, initially published by Image Comics as a six-issue limited series, told the true story of Ness’ time after his famous Al Capone escapades.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
British journalist Sophie Elmhirst tells the true story of a couple that survived against the odds, taking as much interest in the interpersonal dramas that played out between them as in the trials of being lost at sea.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Is The Staircase based on a true story?
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
The graphic novel, initially published by Image Comics as a six-issue limited series, told the true story of Ness’ time after his famous Al Capone escapades.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
British journalist Sophie Elmhirst tells the true story of a couple that survived against the odds, taking as much interest in the interpersonal dramas that played out between them as in the trials of being lost at sea.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Is The Staircase based on a true story?
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for true story
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“True story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20story. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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