lecture
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Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, his office said: "At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
In his 1975 Nobel Peace Prize lecture dissident Andrei Sakharov listed the names of more than 120 political prisoners he was aware of in the Soviet Union.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Other than the storybooks and other signs of K-12 clientele, the facilities wouldn’t be out of place at a nice university, and that includes the sloping lecture hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Or lecture me about the mistakes I’ve made with Boo.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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The idea of meeting lots of new people for the first time since starting secondary school was nerve-racking he says, but Isaak made friends by talking to people he met at lectures and seminars.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
His lectures have taken him "to America, five times, to Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium," he said, reeling off the list with a touch of showmanship.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The retreat included daily lectures, approximately 33 hours of guided meditation, and group healing practices.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
She had married Günther Stern, a fellow student of philosophy, in 1929; as their relationship was ending in 1936, she met Blücher at one of her Paris lectures on antisemitism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Spiritual periodicals contained serialized fiction, book reviews, ads for upcoming lectures, wedding and birth announcements, all items common to hometown papers.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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We’re also lectured early on that Cole is a chess master, but his alleged intelligence never pays off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead of feeling like her concerns were being heard, “I got lectured about why I shouldn’t pick that fight or I should just let that go.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Yet away from the mainstream, Ceirion Dewar, who is a bishop in the small, more conservative, traditionalist Confessing Anglican Church, insists he will not be "lectured to" by these clergy.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
She was also officer of several technical societies and lectured on technical analysis around the world.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
Rutherford lectured Chadwick, “He is just like I was at his age.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Instead, he keeps lecturing young people to curtail their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Like many advisers, DeLarme understands that lecturing about the risks of stock picking can fall flat.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
A talented artist, the young Morris had spent his national service lecturing soldiers in fine arts and had exhibited surrealist paintings alongside Joan Miró.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
There’s the diner scene in which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are on screen together for the first time, lecturing each about how “you can’t change me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
Although Theo knows he can’t blame his bad health on his brother, to get better he needs a break from Vincent’s gusts, his squalls, his constant talking and lecturing.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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