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speak

[speek] / spik /




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“I’m actually only going to speak about what happened after I left that set of my own film adaptation, hyperventilating and sobbing, and there are many witnesses, so it’s not really a secret.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

It was enough to get El-Sayed himself to emerge and sing a few bars of “Bohemian Rhapsody” hours before he was set to speak.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

The most-talked-about New Yorker was made to wait in line just like everyone else for an allotted 90 seconds to speak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

He said when caring for his mother, the biggest challenge was "knowing who to speak to" and "dealing with several health bodies", sometimes having to repeat her medical history several times.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

If I let her speak, she’ll screw this up.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

That Yale is willing to risk these jewels in her crown speaks volumes about the terrible power of the proposed OMB regulation.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

He frequently speaks about his humble beginnings as the son of a bartender and a hotel maid.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

He still speaks regularly with a few friends who are still in detention.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

But the AMA speaks for only a small share of physicians.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

“I said that you would like Petronius best. He is a spoiled, two-faced brat who speaks out of both sides of his mouth.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

Thus spake Chris Morris’s ludicrously hostile Day Today news anchor, in an attack-dog interview with a woman who’d just raised “a pathetic amount of money” for charity with a jam festival.

From The Guardian Aug. 19, 2015

Prince spake not; his Eyes were large; his Breath perfectly even; something amiss.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

But Spencer never spoke with Yeager, who had already expressed her interest for the place though Zillow.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

But as one researcher I spoke to observed, if there’s more company creation overall, that can have plenty of upside for jobs—time will tell.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Others suggested their vote hinged on the anecdotes of tumor shrinkage presented by experts and patients who spoke during the meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

England boss Thomas Tuchel was a youth coach at Stuttgart when Jaissle was a player there and the pair spoke before Toney was included in the Three Lions' World Cup squad this summer.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Hugo spoke to him again, and eventually the man shrugged and indicated for us to go in.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Morocco's authorities had not yet issued an official statement on the flow of migrants, but a Moroccan official source told AFP on condition of anonymity that the two countries had spoken about the matter.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Three retired police officers have spoken for the first time about the amount of trauma officers and staff are exposed to and the toll it can have on their mental health.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Teamsters already have spoken out against the deal.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Warsh has spoken frequently over the past six weeks, including during his first semiannual testimony to Congress, but “he has said very little,” Daco added.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 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

The new Siri AI, to be released this fall, isn’t expected to be as impressive as those rivals, technologically speaking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

We are speaking in the busy bakery he runs with his wife Tina.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Rushdie testified during Matar's federal trial last week, speaking in court for nearly an hour about the assault.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

People often picture the filibuster as one senator standing and speaking for hours.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Part of me wants to tell him to leave me alone, but he may be the only person in the world still speaking to me.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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