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In August 2022 at the Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming, Powell delivered an eight-minute speech invoking Paul Volcker and warned that driving inflation down could bring “pain.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
I like the free-associative nature of her humor, the droll precision of her speech, and the fact that, while I know she will zig and zag, I never know which way she’ll turn.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
“You don’t get to dance,” he told a colleague, “after a speech like that.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The language echoes Sir Keir's attempted reset speech on Monday, when the prime minister said "incremental change won't cut it" and promised to "face up to the big challenges" the country faced.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
She had no notes to speak from, nor any speech prepared.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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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