be mentioned

Example Sentences

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Why, then, does not liking Olive Garden feel incompatible with being a foodie — and so incompatible that it shouldn’t even be mentioned by name?

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

And though some of the names listed have since been implicated in his crimes, or at least knew about his conviction, many others were dumbfounded to be mentioned at all because they’d never met Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Officers met Lord Forsyth earlier on Thursday after he requested urgent talks to understand how his name came to be mentioned.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Two smaller legislative proposals—a bill to regulate the crypto market and a proposal to ban some institutional investors from buying single-family homes—might also be mentioned in the speech.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

“On the contrary,” said he, “I thank you, for though we are strictly in our private and personal capacity, still it may be mentioned that there are Newgate cobwebs about, and it brushes them away.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens