verbal
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“Due to those actions and Zacharia Branch’s failure to comply with multiple verbal lawful commands, he was placed under arrest for misdemeanor Obstruction of LEO and received a citation for Obstructing Public Sidewalks.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Trite little verbal tidbits repeated by parents, grandparents, mentors and coaches burrow into your psyche and weave their way into an entire philosophy on how to live life.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
The state is not targeting “speech as speech,” but a range of services that include verbal communication.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
"If you're constantly experiencing some kind of denigration, some kind of verbal violence towards you, it's a micro-aggression - and micro-aggressions can be traumatic," says Gervis.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
This is the way I mean it: For one thing, we had developed a means of communication that was verbal on only one side.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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