phrases
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The campaign forced her to learn a few phrases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Hundreds of people gathered at Nine Elms in London on Saturday, with many holding signs reading phrases such as: "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
I feel like back when I wrote “Slow Burn” and earlier stuff, I leaned more towards turning phrases on their head, and I love that style of writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
One of the phrases used is 'the first team pitch is only 300 metres away from the academy building in Kirkby, but the journey might take 10 years to get there'.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Indeed, I shall argue that the new science would not have been possible without the construction of a new language with which to think, a language necessarily cobbled together out of available words and phrases.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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