- past tense form of speak.
spoke
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Voters of several ages and backgrounds spoke to AFP in Riga, expressing their priorities in an election dominated by but not limited to security issues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
The men, wearing grey tracksuits, stood in the dock of court five and spoke through translators only to confirm their name, date of birth and addresses.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
"When we first got in, we spoke to the manager, who said they were very sorry and there was no excuse for the doors to be open," said Al Roshoq.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
How confident are retailers you spoke with about their agentic shopping strategies?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
One of them wore a ribboned hat that dipped and bobbed as she spoke.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Since World War II the alliance had worked like a wheel: The U.S. as the indispensable hub and the rest as spokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But the fact remains that they are dedicated wearers and spokes folks for that brand — and not Nike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
She punched out a hole in the traditional berliner and yes, it cooked more evenly, but notably, young Hanson could store them on the helm spokes.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
When England did safely gather, Australia were able to shove a spanner in the spokes of their usually powerful driving maul.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025
Near each handle, the chains extended in taut spokes through slots in the stone.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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So, on Tuesday’s episode oof What Next, I spoked to Jeff Goodell about what we’re going to do about it.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023
By 4000 years ago, the new horse dominated a region from central Anatolia to central Russia, where people of the Sintashta culture buried horses with the earliest spoked wheels and chariots in mounds called kurgans.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 20, 2021
“It’s hard to put into words what it means to wear the spoked ‘B,’” he wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
I also spoked with NBA commissioner Adam Silver andasked him if he would ever punish a player for speaking out on something that Silver personally disagrees with.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2021
With his handkerchief he polishes the spoked hubcaps and the headlamps; he kicks mud off the running board, cleans the windows and windshield.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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In "Miniature," flowers are magnified to astronomical proportions: One dandelion is yellow, is a solar flame spoking from a green nether rim; the other gray, a dainty crumb-cake of a moon.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A large piece of graphed paper containing a design for an outdoor space: a fountain in the middle and pebble pathways spoking out from it.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Souilly was barely a hamlet surrounded by farmland, a cluster of small cottages spoking out like a wheel from a modest stone town hall.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Your Lordschip knawis weall the man: he hes spoking with your Lordschip: I thought yow content with him.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing
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