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He was not particularly political, he said, and declined to even utter Trump’s name during my visit.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Early plays Maddie’s lowest moments with raw sincerity and expressions of utter helplessness — visible cries for help, acted out with total concern and love for the feminine.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Argentina had pulled a victory from the jaws of utter humiliation, 3-2.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
"Today has come as a complete and utter shock to us as a family," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
I was so stunned by this outburst I could hardly utter.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
The alien language she utters in the Disclosure Day trailer was something she developed with Spielberg and the movie’s sound designer Gary Rydstrom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In it he utters what is now one of cinema's most famous lines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
"Brilliant," is one word that nearly every single England fan I speak to utters as I call out to them outside the stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025
Leave the thorn, Pleasure utters in lament, take the rose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
And so, instead of saying Ashoke’s name, she utters the interrogative that has come to replace it, which translates roughly as “Are you listening to me?”
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
"It's crazy!" uttered a woman as the crowd beside suddenly burst into enthusiastic applause.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Bellingham famously uttered the words "Who Else?" in the direction of England's fans when he spared them the embarrassment of defeat by Slovakia at Euro 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Lineage Chief Operating Officer Jeff Rivera repeatedly uttered what everyone wanted to hear: “I am sorry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
A radical departure in wording could lead Fed watchers to puzzle even more over what few syllables are uttered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
I never uttered the words “I’m from Idaho” until I’d left it.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Lumen has followed up with another comedy skit, including one about a company lawyer who zealously stops Seattleites from uttering the brand’s name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Without uttering a word, they portray the nurses bustling behind doctors in the hit series "The Pitt," the agents guarding a crime scene in "NCIS" or, like Armella, work as "stand-ins" for stars.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Pines recalls one young guest uttering to him in distress: "I've never done anything like that before."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
Most everyone has, at one point or another, tied themselves in rationalization knots to avoid uttering the phrase, "I was wrong."
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025
He began to dance round the body, waving his boar-spear and uttering horrible shrieks.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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