speak
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria Roman Catholic Church in Avalon hosted a gathering on Thursday for community members who needed to speak to a counselor to help process what happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
She comes to the door to speak to Bra Steve.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But if you speak with anyone looking for a job, especially in the early stage of their career, you will hear a different story.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
In team meetings, group texts and over lattes, people are catching themselves using ‘prompt speak.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Friends provided Corrie a “retirement” house in Orange County, California, but of course, even bedridden and for the last five years unable to speak, Corrie never stopped witnessing to God’s love.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Issues are what Brooks starts with when she speaks to voters canvassing across Maine.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
In other words, quality speaks for itself nowadays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Instead of a jar there’s a white board and every time someone speaks in AI-like language, they get a tally mark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"He really speaks very little, he's very withdrawn, very shy, off in his corner... he's a very solitary person," Saint-Eloi told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
She speaks really fast and he talks really slowly; he’s enormous and powerful, she’s small and gentle.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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
And Bono, beginning, spake thus: “I was sold to one Colonel Clepp Asquith of Burn Acres. I served him as a valet. You know Colonel Asquith?” he asked Dr. Trefusis.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Zuckerberg spoke alongside Wang at the same keynote address, wearing his new Hillsong pastor drip, the T-shirt this time emblazoned with the slogan “Building is my love language.”
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Voters of several ages and backgrounds spoke to AFP in Riga, expressing their priorities in an election dominated by but not limited to security issues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
But a number of agents who spoke to BBC Sport believe players will be advised to wait for clarity on the punishments before even considering opening talks.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
How confident are retailers you spoke with about their agentic shopping strategies?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
She spoke the same way she did at the reading group, her voice going high and low.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
The presenter has previously spoken about how his childhood in Surrey prompted his love of nature.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
A. Investors I’ve spoken with say they still are interested in buying shares in companies like those delaying IPOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It’s not the first time that the pope has spoken out about the relationship between AI and humanity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Horton wished he could have spoken to Tanter ahead of the first game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
None of the cows could believe that this monster, this robot, this machine, had just spoken to them in the animal language.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
"There is no other way to protect their stock properly so they should be speaking to their vet and looking forward, thinking about what the vaccination programme looks like for them."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Years ago, speaking to a group of eager young originalists, I was asked whether I considered myself a true adherent to their creed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We all worry about our online lives, but recently the way the online voice is moving into the real world is becoming absolutely terrifying,” says Davies, speaking separately over video call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He was speaking in public comments made at the start of a filmed session on forestry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Maybe finding Wonders would require some asking, though speaking up did not come naturally to me, as Aunt Pretty liked to point out.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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