speak out

Example Sentences

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First they came for the preening, powdered popinjays of television news, but I did not speak out because I am not a popinjay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In an interview with the Daily Mail to support an Alzheimer's Society campaign, Snow said: "If I don't speak out, who will?"

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

This odd mindset was there for other people observing Silicon Valley at the time to see — but no one seemed to notice, or at least not enough to speak out.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Zvezda Stankova, a teaching professor in the Berkeley mathematics department who is one of the letter’s lead organizers, said the impetus to publicly speak out came in part from her own classrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

I will continue to speak out about the importance of getting children into permanent homes more quickly.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter