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In his first speech of the trip, the Pope said universal healthcare should be "accessible to everyone".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
On Friday, in the first speech of his tour, delivered in a half-empty square in Montevideo, he advocated for universal healthcare.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Locally, a speech by the Reserve Bank of Australia Chief Economist Sarah Hunter on Monday will be a key focus for traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
In a speech to the comfortable Wall Street mandarins, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng touted Hong Kong’s one-country, two-systems governance model and “free and open business environment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
This was only her first speech, after all.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Throughout his campaign, he frequently leaned into his religious upbringing – as the grandson of a Southern Baptist preacher who spent time in a seminary – sprinkling his stump speeches with biblical references.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Wong became a household name during Hong Kong's 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella Movement, after he gave speeches alongside fellow student leaders Nathan Law and Alex Chow.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Cárdenas was a bad debater and a dull speaker who read his speeches and rarely flashed a smile, said Manuel Camacho, a top leftist politician, in a 2014 interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Since the start of her campaign, Raman has sprinkled Spanglish into her speeches and sometimes offered whole sentences in softly accented, lightly stilted Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
I felt gratitude for all the people on my team who’d given everything to the work, sorting through handwritten letters, fact-checking my speeches, hopping cross-country flights to prepare for our events.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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