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[say-ing] / ˈseɪ ɪŋ /


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Joe diGenova resigned as a supervisor of the probe, saying department officials pressured the team to bring criminal cases before they were ready.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

When told by the judge that the grandfather would become their guardian, the eldest child responded saying "that's all good".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

McDaniel is aware of the potential ramifications despite Harbaugh publicly supporting him, saying calls for his firing “comes with the territory.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the shooting in an initial social media post, saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had shot a New Yorker while his child was in the vehicle.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Standing awkwardly in front of the class and saying nothing felt like getting hit in the head.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The following year, Pulte even produced a slim volume annotating some of his grandfather’s sayings and quotations.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

He has written poetry since high school, peppers social media with inspirational sayings and donates time and money to several charities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

The Soviet Union was a land of shortages, but there was no shortage of acerbic sayings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

Highlander Hart's sister, Jamie Hart-Dobbs, still vividly remembers one of his regular sayings about Army life: "They taught me how to go to war, they didn't teach me how to come back from it."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025

Another of Grandma’s sayings came to mind: stuck between a rock and a hard place.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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