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  • past tense form of speak.
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spoke

[spohk] / spoʊk /




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The BBC spoke to seven former employees, including a prison officer and staff members.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

I spoke to Fogel last week about a range of topics, but we spent a lot of time talking about AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Earlier this year, Stanley Druckenmiller spoke of diversifying his portfolio and giving artificial intelligence less of a starring role, but his most recent quarterly holdings show that may be easier said than done.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

And after seeing many young pitchers, some still in their teens, undergo the surgery named for him, he spoke out against arm overuse, recommending less than year-round pitching by young arms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

She spoke the same way she did at the reading group, her voice going high and low.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

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

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

Itoje was a menace around the breakdown, turning over ball and putting a spanner in Scotland's attacking spokes as the referee let play flow.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2025

“He wants to put a crowbar in the spokes of our wheels within a nanosecond,” Newsom said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2024

A wheelwright and his helper squat in their dark room hammering spokes into a hub.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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

First came the DOM2 horse, followed by the spoked wheel and chariots.

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

She opened her eyes and found herself face-to-face with the tall spoked wheel of a luxurious town coach, which had come to a sudden stop not three feet from where she lay.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

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

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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