told of

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Assembly members were told of the challenge by principal of Coláiste Feirste in Belfast, Micheál Mac Giolla Ghunna.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

She was alive to folklore that told of fairies and elves and the lingering dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

One journalist - we are calling him Armin - who spoke to our Tehran colleague told of how just reporting the facts of the war was enough to be arrested, with potentially fatal ramifications.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

But the land was fertile, and the Native Americans told of even richer soil to the east, ideal for encomiendas, as large Spanish-ruled plantations exploiting indigenous labor were called.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

An army cook named Israel Trask told of seeing Billy Lee with Washington during the first winter in Cambridge.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis