accent
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He still talks with the same accent as the thousands cheering him around the Merseyside links.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Platt said these barriers are not spoken about enough, saying that as a working class woman from Salford, she had also felt pressure to speak with a more neutral accent.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“And I did my Rogue voice, which is basically just my own, but with a bit of a Southern accent thrown on,” she adds with a slight twang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
At the center of the entire fracas was the player known as Flo, a 25-year-old American with a pronounced British accent who suddenly became a top priority at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
His English was clipped by a faint accent I couldn’t trace.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
The Proclaimers, famous for singing with Scottish accents, were formed in 1983 by twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid who are from Auchtermuchty in Fife.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Graphic textiles mixed with wood and metal accents can make a lawn feel less like a backyard and more like an outdoor living room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
It’s not just their goony sense of humor that compels them to make silly intro videos and do funny accents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
So why do most of the supporting characters adopt Russian accents?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
About fifty feet away, some overweight middle-aged dudes with American accents were conversing loudly, complaining to each other about the heat.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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
An elegant wainscoting of polished carbon fiber stretches across the four doors, accented with aluminum bezels and wire-thin LED lighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Roozbeh Farahanipour sat in the blue-green glow of his Westwood restaurant’s 220-gallon saltwater aquarium and worried about Iran, his voice accented in anguish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2025
Her dark hair, accented with the occasional gray strand, falls around her face, shielding it from me.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
At multiple points, massive explosions shook the ground, accenting the roar of the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2024
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
From behind us the last long rays of light played across the campus, accenting every slight undulation of the land, emphasizing the separateness of each bush.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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