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verbal

[vur-buhl] / ˈvɜr bəl /


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With verbal chops like those, who needs an articulate press secretary?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

This seemingly bizarre choice soon comes to feel entirely natural, invoking associations with Ireland as a place of verbal, theatrical and musical creativity under duress from another power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Officials are routinely subjected to highly charged interactions and, at times, verbal abuse from players and coaches,” Green said in the association’s news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But activists said that this reliance on verbal testimony meant the police failed to recognise residents with greater communication difficulties as victims.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“She is withdrawn and rarely interacts with other students, even in activities that require no verbal communication.”

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

That was a great wicket because he was giving us a bit of verbals back.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The tag-team verbals between Warne and Berry continued until Slater succumbed to the pressure by holing out at midwicket a few overs later.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2019

"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

There's been verbals on both sides, the kind of trash talk that prize-fighters might be proud of.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2016

Parse the verbs, verbals, and verb phrases in the following sentences:— 1.

From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell


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