speak
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The Lakers looked into acquiring center Jericho Sims from the Milwaukee Bucks during the preseason in exchange for Knecht, sources close to the situation but not authorized to speak publicly told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Mamon persuaded Ivan to drive him into the Georgian desert, where they could speak freely - and asked him how the Ukrainians could trust him.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Seven midterm congressional candidates stopped by the Journal’s D.C. bureau to speak with reporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Another tell: When you answer, there may be an unusually long pause before the person on the other end says, “May I speak to John?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I actually know which members I want to speak to—if that’s cool with you,” I say.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
He spent years running public health services in the Detroit area and speaks eloquently and with authority about people’s struggles to afford healthcare, even writing a book about Medicare for All.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Even when everyone speaks the same language, patients and doctors struggle to communicate about symptoms, treatment options, and risks.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
It also speaks to Antares’s preference for companies that aren’t reinventing the wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He speaks to young kids from low-income neighborhoods across the Central Valley, some of whom have undocumented parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The doctor speaks a tiny bit of Polish, and I think he basically understands the same set of lies I told the first doctor.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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
But still, of an evening, we sat there in a field of fires, looking across the channel at the rebels’ hill of fires, and we spake as we could of the day just past.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
They spoke in code, referring to "repairs at the school".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
A corrections department board two years ago moved to grant Luster’s early release on parole, over the objections of all three victims, who appeared at the hearing and spoke against a release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Points Guy founder Brian Kelly spoke with MarketWatch’s Genna Contino to help her pick her first rewards credit card — and shared further tips for beginners in the points game.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
"I spoke to my commander last night, and he said within 30 seconds to a minute they saw no fire, and then there was a fire right on top of them," Rutland said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“We came from the White House. Wilson himself spoke from the Rose Garden balcony.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said he was outraged by the recordings and had spoken to the injured man, Ricardo Gonzalez, who is a former longtime city employee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has spoken to the Daily Mirror, telling the paper that she has never for a moment considered walking away from politics.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
They had spoken movingly in court about their loss.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Rodrigo Seira, a partner at law firm Cooley, said the firm has spoken with the agency a couple of times and expects revisions to the current innovation exemptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
He has already been spoken of once here when he taught me about heart and the will to pull.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
So I think it’s important to acknowledge that El-Sayed isn’t just speaking for himself, he’s speaking for all of us.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
"This mystery has been ongoing for 90 years and the mystery continues," said project director Rick Pettigrew, speaking from near the site of the object.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Target-date funds are just not speaking to the needs of the individual. The idea that everyone is the same becomes less true as we age.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The singer has long been open about her health, sharing her experiences with lupus and speaking about her mental health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The thought of standing up in front of the whole class and speaking is already enough to make me want to be sick.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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