speak
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When he does speak, his words carry a faint Southern twang from his upbringing in Alabama.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Zak Brown, chief executive officer of McLaren Racing, said: "Lando's journey with the team is a fantastic example of our commitment to identifying, developing and supporting world-class talent, and his achievements speak for themselves."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I noticed that William would always chime in, make sure that I didn’t get to speak with her by myself or by herself,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
I decided to speak, both because that’s how therapy is typically carried out, and because I wanted to get a sense of this space’s technical novelties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In your brain, Broca's area may let you speak and Wernicke's area may let you understand, but listening is also a complicated social behavior.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The efforts speaks to the increasingly stringent — and desperate — measures public agencies and lawmakers in California are attempting in order to stem a troubling rise in e-bike incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
That demographic profile mirrors the woman to whom Oster’s argument speaks most directly.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
And sometimes she still takes issue with how Owens speaks, saying her criticisms can be malicious and not Christian.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The former Newcastle and Chelsea manager remains a Uefa technical observer and speaks about adapting to the modern game, using social media, artificial intelligence and increasingly sophisticated data as part of his approach.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
When we reach the table it’s my aunt who speaks first.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
And Gibran spake, It is a misprint for The Profit.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2010
My mother had not been unspecific when she spake of her royal Egba parentage and my birthright.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
AFP spoke to 12 women who lost children since October 7, 2023.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Like others whom AFP spoke to, Abu Haikal consulted a lawyer to push the army to investigate the incident fully.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
He also spoke with Apollo board members about his desire for the role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
"It is something that I spoke about with the coach, even before the game," Gonzalez said.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Sela beaded and spoke Kanyen’kéha well enough to teach.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said he had spoken by phone with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, agreeing to increase the sharing of "real-time hydrological data", according to a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘The estrangement isn’t about politics’: My daughter hasn’t spoken to me for 4 years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
But Black had also spoken with Apollo board members and made certain Harris wouldn’t get the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Her nephew, Dwaipayan Mukherjee, says the family had spoken to her over video calls while she was in Kathmandu.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Actually, I’m not sure if they’ve spoken at all since Mom and Dad got married in Paris.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
He denied the allegations and said he had been speaking about his own experiences as a child.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Haldia has been speaking to the relatives of other people missing from the same group.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Huang recalled thinking, speaking onstage in San Francisco in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
In 2017, he was disinvited from speaking at CPAC, a US conservative conference that also hosted Trump, after footage emerged of Yiannopoulos appearing to condone paedophilia.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“We don’t have the money now,” I admit, glancing quickly at Theo to make sure I’m speaking correctly—I can’t imagine he would carry this kind of money on his person.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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