verbal
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Chinese forces took measures such as verbal warnings and "electronic jamming" to force the vessel away, it added.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
A statement from one of the medics who treated him described John as "the most verbal, non-verbal person I've ever met".
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Ships attempting to cross the strait on Wednesday received verbal warnings from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ navy, which said the waterway remains blocked.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Her arrival shifted the “center of verbal energy” to the liberal side, Feldman wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
We’re lucky that English, with its stretchy grammar and its giant grab bag of a vocabulary, gives us so much room for verbal play, if not anarchy.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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