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But he does not utter the famous line “Rosebud.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Today has come as a complete and utter shock to us as a family," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
For those of us who remember the bicentennial, the semiquincentennial is a complete and utter dud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
James Scobie KC, representing Lavrynovych, said he was a "complete and utter foot soldier" and "fodder for this type of infiltration".
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Still in utter shock, I trailed behind my mom as she walked up to the security transfer.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
In it he utters what is now one of cinema's most famous lines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Grant, on the other hand “talks like an earnest business-man—prompt clearheaded & decisive—& utters no bosh.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Elphaba utters a spell that surrounds her sister’s feet with a red glow, and suddenly, she’s hovering midair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
"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
With a knowing smile, she utters: “You have the blood of a Queen Mother in you. Your inheritance awaits you, my child.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Later, when Bond is whisked to Vietnam, the orchestra swells with suave panache, immersing you in the action before 007 has even uttered a quip.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
That statement has haunted the administration since he uttered it.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
No such thing is ever uttered by the sailors aboard “Deadliest Catch.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Instead, he gave one of the most famous, and perhaps the most quietly professional, replies ever uttered.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
So bad that her name should not be uttered in the presence of a grown-up?
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Nearly 300 episodes, which aired during the 1990s and 2000s, showed the hapless, accident-prone brothers uttering their catchphrase "To me, to you" as they caused chaos everywhere they went.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Every thought worth uttering, everything that is true, can be said in plain, clear words, and often quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
For example, lying isn’t merely uttering a falsehood.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 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
He fidgeted to and fro, swishing his long black tail against his sides and occasionally uttering a little whinny of surprise.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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