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The firm expects to receive an additional $50 million to $100 million in verbal commitments from limited partners before the fund’s final close.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Then we tumble into the realm of inspirational gurus and thought leaders, where breathwork and manifesting meet motivational speak, popping with familiar verbal kernels like “sparking joy” and “habit formation.”
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
At his Sept. 3 arraignment, Lawantara’s attorney Debra White said that, after a verbal altercation escalated, Voskanyan reached for her client’s neck, according to reporting from the California Post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
It said that one of the pilots warned the other pilot multiple times about "the aircraft's excessive speed" but noted "there was not a consistent verbal response", even as an altitude alarm sounded.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
In the words of Sam Goldwyn: “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” ought/ought to.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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"He addresses me and Tweets me quite often and I was just in the frame of mind where I thought me and Klitschko don't have much verbals, so let me respond to Fury."
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2017
An unrepentant Mottram retorted: "I won't apologise because I haven't done anything wrong. David is sensitive because he knows I am speaking the truth. He started the verbals, not me."
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2015
He had some help, two stumpings were missed by Matt Prior, who was also involved in some verbals with the left-hander.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2013
Wagner was also delighted to confirm that would include some verbals.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013
The last are purely English; and yet they correspond in form with such as come from Latin verbals in abilis.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
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