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verbal

[vur-buhl] / ˈvɜr bəl /


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There are those about unusual obsessions, like the Ford executive who kept score of colleagues’ verbal flubs, and odd jobs, like the hairy Utah men benefiting from a booming market for Jesus models.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

There was also an electronic "too low terrain" callout, another automated verbal warning that the plane was flying too close to the ground without being properly prepared for landing.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

I gave a verbal warning over Slack about his job performance, but nothing has changed.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

A 437-page report written by a panel of three judges in 2021 found that the state had shirked its duty to protect Caruana Galizia and subjected her to personal attacks and verbal abuse from politicians.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

What Ulbrickson likely didn’t know was that Bobby Moch had worked out an elaborate set of verbal codes to which only he and his crew knew the real meanings.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

"He addresses me and Tweets me quite often and I was just in the frame of mind where I thought me and Klitschko don't have much verbals, so let me respond to Fury."

From Reuters Apr. 20, 2017

An unrepentant Mottram retorted: "I won't apologise because I haven't done anything wrong. David is sensitive because he knows I am speaking the truth. He started the verbals, not me."

From BBC Nov. 25, 2015

He had some help, two stumpings were missed by Matt Prior, who was also involved in some verbals with the left-hander.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2013

Terry said in a statement to the Football Association five days after the incident that he and Ferdinand had been exchanging "verbals" and he had made a gesture to imply Ferdinand had bad breath.

From The Guardian Jul. 9, 2012

Parse the verbs, verbals, and verb phrases in the following sentences:— 1.

From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell




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