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By evening’s end, a frazzled Ventura senior citizen — during a cloak-and-dagger assignation — had uttered a secret code to a person who claimed to be law enforcement, then handed him $25,000.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

No such thing is ever uttered by the sailors aboard “Deadliest Catch.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

For some, it is as if Higgs's words, celebrated back in 2013, were never uttered.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Mark Rylance’s complaint that Shakespeare’s words are being uttered too slowly by contemporary actors is well-taken.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

It was a construction she must have once overheard, and she had uttered it in blind faith, like an apprentice mouthing the incantation of a magus.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan