dialogue
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It was Butterfield who, when asked about a memo filled with what seemed like verbatim dialogue, revealed that Nixon had a taping system in the White House.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Economy Minister Daniel Mas called for further dialogue, but warned "at some point, we will have to clear the highways".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
“There’s a line of dialogue from ‘The Simpsons’ that my brother always reminds me of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Mr. Payne’s dialogue studiously avoids over-emotionalism even when conflicts arise—as when Miriam reacts with contempt, and not a shred of maternal sympathy, to Margaret’s announcement that she’s pregnant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
If all I had to do was rattle off lines of dialogue from WarGames on cue for the next two hours, this was going to be a breeze.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Constructive dialogues require fairness and respect and don’t try to force consensus or a particular outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Shouldn’t a museum, of all places, be a place where complex dialogues about art and humanity can prosper?
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
"The two countries have a long history of backchannel dialogues," Markey notes, "and these have at times been effective ways to mitigate hostility and even to set the stage for more formal dialogues."
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
“We want dialogues and discussions where the Cubans are the protagonists.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026
Before leaving New York, I enrolled in a monthlong French class taught by a beautiful young Parisian woman who had us memorize a series of dialogues from an audiocassette that accompanied our textbook.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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I have not dialogued with her about the book, nor have I had the opportunity to read it.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2016
Will he bear, do you think, to be thus dialogued with?
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson
Dialogue is, indeed, the original word transferred bodily into the English language: διελογιζετο εν ἑαυτῳ—he dialogued in himself: his soul and he held a conversation on the subject.
From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot
In the scene in which it was produced the daring author has dialogued thus: Scene III Mlle.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Elizabeth S. Kite
Thus foolishly dialogued I with my heart; and yet, all the time, this heart is Pamela.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
Interspersed throughout the story are black-and-white “mystical visions,” as Anderson calls them, in which Korda sees himself in heaven atoning for his sins and even dialoguing with God.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
“In the comments, these people are actually dialoguing, actually talking to each other,” Blaschko said.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2022
“We’re dialoguing with this masterpiece in the new forms of art, video, dance, theater. It’s like saying thank you to a masterpiece like the Sistine Chapel.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2018
Living our lives of faith or motivation with enthusiasm and excitement, convincing other, dialoguing with each other about important moral issues of the day…
From Time ● Oct. 5, 2016
And how could I do this better, than by dialoguing a little with him before them?
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Samuel Richardson
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