prepared speech

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"We have to do better, we must do better," vowed Mr Fletcher, who cast aside his prepared speech when he stood under a canopy facing rows of Sudanese women and children, clapping and ululating.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

He read his prepared speech in Spanish but at the end, shifted into impromptu Italian and said:

From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2023

Deviating from his prepared speech, Francis spoke about a homeless German man who recently died, “alone, abandoned,” under the colonnade circling St. Peter’s Square, where homeless persons often sleep.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

In a prepared speech on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the attack, Mr. Garland said “there is no higher priority” for the department.

From Washington Times • Jan. 5, 2022

“I should have practiced my prepared speech again,” he muttered to Werfel.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin