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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
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
Citra cleared her throat, biting back the verbal reaming she wanted to give him, and did her best to remain professional.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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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
Jones' verbals are quite enjoyable - up to a point.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2016
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
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
In the verb Mr. Gatschet recognizes ten general forms, a part of which he designates as verbals, as follows: 1.
From First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 by Various
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