- past tense form of speak.
spoke
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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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