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

“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said, reading a prepared speech.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024

In his prepared speech to the rabbis, Francis said his first thought and prayers goes “above all else, to everything that has happened in the last few weeks,” a clear reference to the Oct.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

“And then Steinbach launched into her bizarre prepared speech where she simultaneously ‘welcomed’ me to campus and told me how horrible and hurtful I was to the community,” the judge said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2023

“The first step to honest communication about race is to realize that you cannot equate all racisms,” she said, and then launched into her carefully prepared speech.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie