dialogue
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Enter veteran character actor Lin Shaye, whose psychic Elise has been a series mainstay and a reliable provider of expository dialogue, despite the fact that her character died at the end of the 2011 original.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, in a recent speech, proposed reviving dialogue with the North to discuss a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Still, four and a half years into the war, criticism is multiplying over the lack of dialogue between society and the presidency, which critics say has become increasingly insular.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The illness is gaining more attention as Clancy's trial approaches the one-month mark, and has opened up a dialogue about the mental health complications that women can experience after giving birth.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Though he could not see the stage, he could hear the dialogue.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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"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
The goal of the meeting was to discuss an easing of U.S. sanctions and kick-start higher-level dialogues about resetting U.S.-Eritrea ties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“We want dialogues and discussions where the Cubans are the protagonists.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026
She also said she was "open to various dialogues with China".
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
He was versatile, and Major Major soon found himself incorporating the signature in fragments of imaginary dialogues.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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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
Beaumarchais soon left his horse for the carriage, and as no author dialogued better for the stage so no man ever brought more art into his conversation.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Elizabeth S. Kite
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
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
“In the comments, these people are actually dialoguing, actually talking to each other,” Blaschko said.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2022
“We arrived at Inhotim with the idea of dialoguing with the territories around the museum and with leaders from territories in and around Belo Horizonte,” he said of the capital of the state, Minas Gerais.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
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
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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