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“Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The speech would later become Berry’s 1977 manifesto “The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture,” which launched a sustainable-farming movement and cemented Berry’s authority on agrarian issues on the national stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The scribes listen to conversations between doctors and patients and convert the speech to text, generating written notes and letters.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
This next part of the speech gave Owen legit chills.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
When asked for better speeches about the Iraq war effort, Mr. McGurn replied: “You give me a better war, I’ll give you better speeches.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In four major speeches Douglass extolled the Mayflower, joining antislavery figures who looked back to the Plymouth settlers—who established government by consent and initially did not legalize slavery—as an ur-source of abolitionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Clement Attlee provided Purpose and Policy – a selection of his speeches.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The former White House teleprompter operator allegedly made tens of thousands placing bets on what words Donald Trump might use in his speeches.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s fine to run across the country and make speeches and face The Taker in a courtroom, but when she closes her eyes at night, she still sees Will and Will’s parents.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Vocabulary lists containing speech
Academy Awards, List 1
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"Encounter"
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Literary Terms, Part I
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