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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

There are those about unusual obsessions, like the Ford executive who kept score of colleagues’ verbal flubs, and odd jobs, like the hairy Utah men benefiting from a booming market for Jesus models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

By 1906, four years after Hoy’s final game, that practice was widespread and by 1908 umpires were required to use visible hand signals alongside verbal calls so players, fielders and fans could understand rulings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

There was also an electronic "too low terrain" callout, another automated verbal warning that the plane was flying too close to the ground without being properly prepared for landing.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

"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

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

There was an element of jealousy at how they used to stick it to us, with their verbals and their confidence.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2012

Participials and verbals employed as place-names may generally, as was before remarked, be referred to one or the other of the two preceding classes.

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by J. Hammond (James Hammond) Trumbull