accent
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"She's 18 inches taller than me, I've got a Yorkshire accent and she's got a Northern Irish accent," Mindy says.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“He had a Southern accent and I speak that language.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
R2-D2’s streaky blue accent stripes appear to be hand-colored as if by paint marker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"People are always trying to buy this place, but no. They'll have to drag me out of here feet-first," she said in her thick Cockney accent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
I giggle at Naano uttering those unexpected last words, which sound extra funny in her accent, even if they are true.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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English accents were difficult to pick out around the fight venue and whatever travelling support he did have was comprehensively drowned out by Garcia's largely Mexican-American following.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Where many people might see a plant-eating bug with light yellow coloration and a splash of red accents, Sarah Schroeder sees, in a way, Taylor Swift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Later in the record, on “How Love’s Supposed to Go,” he begins the song with clipped phrases sprinkled with funky accents in another luxurious rhythm that almost sounds like a classic sample.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The accents there are as apt to hail from the South Shore of Long Island as from South Carolina.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
And yet one might assume strict, conservative, diabolical monsters with foreign accents raised me.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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“Shine a Light,” accented with Billy Preston’s piano and organ, transports listeners to a higher place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Their fins are accented with orange, and they possess a smaller oval tooth patch.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
The spacious kitchen is also accented with rich hardwood flooring, stone design elements, solid alder doors, and dual-pane windows.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
Despite her small, breathy voice and heavily accented French, Birkin became a major interpreter of Gainsbourg’s songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Slightly accented, which I was expecting, because his name is Dr. Kamal Abdic.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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Compared to the toolbox angularity of its rivals, the CX-90’s presentation is sleek, urbane, even fancy, with lots of brightwork accenting the front and rear bumpers, rocker panels and grille frame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Three-dimensional roses of all sizes appeared throughout the collection, accenting necklines and adorning shoulders.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
Elegant landscaping and pathways, brick patio with gravel and rock accenting, mature trees, two-car carport.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023
Beautiful coach, beautiful man, and all that, but this it was a part of the move, to keep moving forward, and developing and accenting really the best that Shane brings as a leader on offense.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
Harley’s words were becoming disjointed and he was accenting the words at the beginning and swallowing the ending sounds until it didn’t sound like English any more.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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