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
And on Tuesday Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government was still trying to resolve the crisis through dialogue.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
I could hear the bolt being slid into place, and then a racket of furniture banging and panicked dialogue.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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Some think-tank analysts invited to meet the Iranian delegation said they are wary of U.S. sanctions that restrict informal policy dialogues with Tehran’s officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
But the dialogues ceased after a surprise arrest by police immediately following the last meeting at Reverend Cho’s church, several weeks before.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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
Sophocles, however, so dialogued this part of the drama, that it has no appearance of a contrivance to instruct, but seems a natural conversation of the dramatis personæ.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
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
At the end of the fifteenth century F. de Rojas wrote a dialogued story, Calisto e Melibœa, about two distressed lovers.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
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
He went past dialoguing with other world leaders to “trialoguing.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 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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