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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

It could very well be the last time the phrase “hotter than fish grease” is uttered on the network.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Colorado’s law, she explained, “restricts treatment-related speech uttered by medical professionals only as part of a larger regulatory scheme aimed at ensuring that providers tender high-quality medical care to patients.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

That was a sum I’d never uttered once in my entire life.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan