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But their unrelieved brightness and utter lack of texture have the bland flatness of plastic, and render them lifeless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The utter silence of that room as he spoke, the admiration on all those famous faces said it all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Judge makes their complete and utter failure to pull off a microscopic scam feel heroic.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mike Williams of Beresford Adams is one of two estate agents trying to sell the holiday homes, and said leaving "perfectly good properties" empty was a "complete and utter waste of money".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He was forced to return to the earth alone, in utter desolation.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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
Then her face crinkles in delight at the sight of Hideo—she utters a small laugh, calls out to someone over her shoulder in Japanese, and then holds her arms out at him.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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The saying is one of his favorite maxims, but it hasn’t been uttered by any other world leader for centuries.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
The late Peter Douglas, former executive director of the California Coastal Commission, uttered them many years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
"It's crazy!" uttered a woman as the crowd beside suddenly burst into enthusiastic applause.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
After the final whistle confirmed the 2-2 draw, Haaland turned his attention to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta with his infamous "stay humble" remark, uttered twice when they came together post-match on the pitch.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
My parents were far more offended by the word if it was uttered in English and not in our native Farsi, which they tried to encourage us to speak as much as possible.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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But one Wednesday morning last month, I found myself uttering to my wife a sentence that sounded frankly surreal to both of us: “Just to let you know, I’m about to call Trump.”
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
Many were too shocked to speak, uttering few words before breaking down in tears or retreating into silence.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
She has a withering way of never uttering her former fiancé’s name, referring to him as “a man I met when I was 19.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
Papa just stood there for a second, staring at me; then, uttering a low whistle, he turned and looked toward the river bottoms.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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