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He said he tries to be careful with his language to make sure that viewers understand that his predictions aren’t guarantees, using words like “high probability” and “odds are” to avoid giving assured recommendations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He translated an infield single with an exit velocity of 37 mph into everyday language: “That’s driving in the school zone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
You also have another series, called The Best of AI: Animation, that calls its entries “human in spirit” and proclaims that “another cinematic language is being written right now.”
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Linda Ervine - an Irish language activist who hails from a unionist background - said she did not recognise her native city during the Fleadh.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
I couldn’t bead, didn’t dance, could barely speak my language or grow decent hair.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The series shows otherwise and, she argues, is the richer for being filmed in the Zulu language: "English doesn't carry the same cultural richness that our languages do."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
His reading was precociously broad: Marx and Engels, Baudelaire and Céline, all in their original languages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He said universities taking on more students meant less popular courses, such as modern languages, could be kept running, keeping staff redundancies at bay.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
On site, instructions were posted in several languages -- French, Korean, Polish, German, English -- to help the crowd get organised.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“I speak four languages fairly well, but put me in a room full of strangers and I can’t think of a single word to say.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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