speak
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"To our daughter Kaya, I will always speak of her mother with respect and make sure she remembers the person she was," he continued.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Considered alongside its stars’ tragically brief lives, “Ice Princess” conveys the critical need to give teenagers both stalwart encouragement and the tools to speak up when they need help.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Warsh will also speak at the Fed’s conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., next week.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The three-bench court decided that the 73-year-old ex-cricket captain would also be allowed to meet with his family once a week and speak to his sons via telephone twice weekly.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
I swallowed several times before I could speak.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
“My film speaks for itself. If you’re a baller, you’re a baller.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But also credit a team of Norwegian shipwrights and sailors who built a vessel that speaks to both history and Hollywood.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
If no one speaks up to successfully claim it, silence truly will be golden.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
She speaks mainly at scheduled events, such as the midseason news conference where she announced the league’s plans to launch a centralized replay center next season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mr. Berrycloth pans the room as he speaks, addressing all of us.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Thus spake one of the world’s most powerful men this week, after he gained more power still.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
Thus spake Martin Luther King Jr. at the end of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2020
Thus spake Zarathustra He humbly said you listen to me and choose for yourself.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child" runs Corinthians 13:11.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2010
I did not know of what she spake, whether of that night or another night; whether of a kiss, a touch, or a blow.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Rhys was asked if he ever spoke to Ford about taking on the role.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Carney spoke by phone with Trump on Monday afternoon about the trade negotiations, a spokesperson for the Canadian leader told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
He spoke of going to Bob’s almost every day from the mid-’70s until the early ’80s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But none of the other journalists in the Oval Office with Holmes spoke up as the president berated her.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
She was quiet for a moment before she spoke.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Those lines were actually spoken nearly an hour apart, and the BBC has apologized for how the edit was constructed.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
"We've also spoken with the party involved. He understands, but of course, he's also grieving because he also lost his child," Bendijo added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
We have also spoken to a father who said years of disagreements with the CMS have pushed him to the brink, including after it added an extra child to his account who was not his.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Durrell’s poetic meditations on love and creativity seem to have spoken to Monroe’s own struggles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I may have spoken too soon; the indictment starts now.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
“I just never want people to forget about his music. That’s for sure. His voice was just amazing,” said Irma, who will be speaking at Saturday’s event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Doley was instead seen speaking with officials and seeking a solution through dialogue.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The party that once tolerated—if uneasily—a Zhu Rongji speaking off script has, under Xi, largely written the script itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The position of the SFA has been clear since the 55 Uefa associations met," said Maxwell, speaking as he announced Belgian Sebastian Pocognoli as the new Scotland head coach.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
My mother’s family came from Breslau, and she had grown up speaking German, so she insisted I do too, hiring a strict governess named Frau Schmidt to look after me.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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