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How he attempts to square that with his economy’s utter dependence on the goodwill of those rivals will determine whether and how China’s economy ever returns to a stable growth footing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Speaking outside court, Lyra's sister Nichola Corner said the verdict was a "complete and utter shock".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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
And, to the utter amazement of the assembled family, Beth walked deliberately down the garden, through the hedge, and in at the Laurences’ door.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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
And without that walk Vin Scully never utters one of his memorable calls: “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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
Her mother utters her name three times: Lourdes.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
US President Donald Trump on one occasion held a terse phone call with Netanyahu, in which he reportedly uttered an expletive.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
He had never uttered Shakespeare’s words onstage, and there was a woman with the theater company, “very pregnant, very beautiful,” Kingsley remembers, who told him he would someday become a “great classical actor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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
That statement has haunted the administration since he uttered it.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
In the Continental Congress, John Adams had described him as a staunch advocate of independence who never uttered more than two or three sentences, even in committees.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Many were too shocked to speak, uttering few words before breaking down in tears or retreating into silence.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
“Moving on to something a bit more important,” Fox proceeded, but not before uttering, “although it was an important part of my life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
Mr Wilkinson had for months walked in and out of court without uttering a public word.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
She lurched, uttering an ungraceful “Hurk!” as she pitched forward.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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