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Adam Young’s orc, Marnûkh, a character new to the hit Prime Video series, utters the famous phrase in the new trailer released Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
To borrow a phrase from Ms. Beilock, universities have a “sacred commitment” to ensure that after the AI revolution has passed, Americans can still think.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The phrase isn’t as well known as “the economies of scale,” but it should be.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
I hear that phrase at least 13 times by the end of the night.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
Nathan finished repeating the last phrase and opened his eyes.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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"A lot of the time, I would hear people using phrases like 'Is it because I is black?' or 'Booyakasha'," he recalls.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
He shares an unusually compelling musical rapport with his associates, especially through impressive unison lines and thoughtfully interlaced phrases with Mr. Light on “Kevin Sun I.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Coroners are in the business of endings, putting a neat period on decades of damage with phrases like “cardiac arrest.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
A looming ice shelf in the background is surrounded by phrases including, “A Man. A Plan. A Meltdown,” and “Comedy equals tragedy plus time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
She liked the way the melody held its notes and lingered over its phrases.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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"We told you: keep your word or pay the price," is how Iran's lead negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf recently phrased it on social media, quoting the agreement.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
When she was called upon, she gave perfect answers—whole paragraphs, precisely phrased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
It’s also important to know how a poll question is phrased and, in the case of a ballot measure, how it describes the matter voters are being asked to decide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
And the way they phrased it was that they were questioning her.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2025
I’m not sure how I phrased it—just a general question—but Jimmy Cross looked up in surprise.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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Government lawyers argued at a hearing before Cooper on Thursday that the phrasing would not constitute a renaming but rather recognition of Trump's efforts to renovate the building honoring president John F Kennedy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
At the end of the show, a stunning reading of “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” revealed the instinctive ease with which she can navigate the sweet, syncopated phrasing of Dominican merengue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A UK government spokesperson said: "We have previously acknowledged this phrasing and took immediate steps to ensure it was not replicated."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the handwritten notes Friday, saying investigators believe the author’s distinctive language, grammar and phrasing could be recognized by someone who knows the writer.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Before teaching it, ask students to listen carefully to something in the song’s phrasing, repetition, rhythm, melody, timbre, lyrics, dynamics, rests, mood or affect, etc.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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