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Carville’s reputation for colorful turns of phrase, and his tendency to stomp on any calls for the party to move left, made him a favorite of cable news programmers looking to make entertaining television.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Deutsche Bank recently found the phrase “broad-based” cropping up repeatedly in earnings calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The phrase is repeated every time the teams dig deep enough to believe they may be close to a survivor.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Dogs are often called 'man's best friend', and their long history with people gives that phrase real weight.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

She knew the Latin phrase “tempus fugit,” which means “time flies,” like a bird—but there were flightless birds, after all: ostriches and emus and dodos and so on.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

He likes to get heavily involved and was particularly animated, using phrases like "play in possession" and "quicker, quicker" repeatedly.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Gabriel Perez allegedly made more than $100,000 with bets placed on the prediction market Kalshi about specific words or phrases that would appear in the president's speeches, ABC News reported.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

Scientists have previously used phrases such as "metallike biomaterials" or "biomaterials with metallike properties" for biological substances that resemble metals in strength or electrical conductivity.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

“But she’s not a scat singer. She improvises more in the technique of the Baroque period, expanding and contracting phrases or adding trills that deviate from the melody.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

He carries the words with him all day, letting them sort themselves into phrases, coming together, drifting apart, tumbling over onto themselves, settling into sentences, and paragraphs.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Other countries have phrased it well: truth and reconciliation.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Pascal Confavreux, a ministry spokesman, phrased it more diplomatically: “We use irony and humor to deliver a punch and create deterrence by exposing the absurdity of the claims made by those who attack us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

“Rather than focusing on the thoughtful responses of Ayo Edebiri, Julia Roberts, and Andrew Garfield, the discussion continues solely on how I should have phrased the question,” Polidoro wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

As I phrased it back when I first wrote about the dish, “The cheeses meld together to form the most delicious, frico-laced roasted and blistered fennel imaginable.”

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

These were carefully phrased to suggest, without saying so outright, that he and Edlefsen had achieved the resonance they had been seeking.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

This phrasing appears to reserve press conferences for big announcements — a change from the past few Fed chairs who spoke to reporters four and then eight times a year after monetary-policy decisions.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

He said the phrasing was deliberately cautious, "avoiding strong words like 'protest' or 'against'", but that the authorities nonetheless asked him to take it down.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Kayleigh McEnany echoed Hannity’s phrasing, telling congressional Republicans to “wake up” and “become Spencer Pratt.”

From Salon ● May 18, 2026

Clare pressed a paw into his one good eye, fighting to recall the exact phrasing Nine had used.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman