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tongue

[tuhng] / tʌŋ /


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Says Delgado Lopera, quoting Pedro Lemebel: “I could write with no tongue, like a newscaster on CNN, no accent and hold the salt,” Lemebel wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Part-sculpted work and marble block, each has a tragic aspect to it, recalling John Greenleaf Whittier’s forlorn observation: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

A national treasure of a pairing which rolls off the tongue like Morecambe and Wise or Punch and Judy.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He looked like Bill the Cat in the “Bloom County” comic strip as he stuck out his tongue and made a sound that sounded like “Aack.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The urge to bring it all up again bubbled inside me, but I warned myself it wasn’t the right time, since my last angry words were still hot on my tongue.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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