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
For his is an Olympian dialogue, not so much between a writer and his sources, as between a lordly oracle and the gods of our inheritance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
That was the dialogue I overheard earlier, between Judith and Mina.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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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
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
Thus foolishly dialogued I with my heart; and yet, all the time, this heart is Pamela.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
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
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
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
"It's sort of a cool checks and balances system. That's important, because we've had some really good success as far as dialoguing and getting people on board with what we're doing," she says.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
“In the comments, these people are actually dialoguing, actually talking to each other,” Blaschko said.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2022
On one tune, “Craig and I started dialoguing, and I realized this wasn’t the usual ‘I’m soloing and you’re gonna comp,’ ” Carter recalled.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
Friedrich sent him a gold snuffbox by and by, but had no farther dialoguing.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle
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