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[kwoht] / kwoʊt /


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I quote Mr. Jenkins’s Sept. 12 column only because I happened to read it that day and because his cold and lordly tone captures the European chattering classes’ response to the event.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of experts.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

"He was like, 'that doesn't change anything. I still want to be with you.' And that's when we started, like, quote unquote, going out."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

“My favorite Gene Roddenberry quote is … and I’m paraphrasing, but he said that there is some basic human need in that there is a tomorrow,” said Anson Mount, who stars in “Strange New Worlds.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

She wouldn’t quote anything he’d said on his dopey travels through the Middle East.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Porsche quotes a minimum recharging time of 16 minutes, from 10-80% capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Mortgage borrowers with low credit scores, low down-payment amounts or “unique” personal situations are seeing quotes over 7%, Jason Madiedo, co-CEO of SimplyPMG, a mortgage lender, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

While Rowan Pope’s hard wisdom about being twice as good gets plenty of replays, hardly anybody quotes the rest of his speech.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

It also quotes the statement from her team, who remembered her as "a rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see".

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Mrs. Kluck makes air quotes with her fingers.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

A witness quoted by Reuters news agency said the fire had been put out by afternoon but smoke was still rising from rubble and corrugated metal.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

The reporter may have misheard the comment, or maybe the person being quoted actually said it, or something odd happened in the editing process.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

During an interview with a Wall Street Journal reporter in 1980, he quoted from a book on Zen Buddhism and paced around his office, squeezing a wrist exerciser.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

"We need to protect artistic freedom all across the world," the organisers quoted him as saying.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

She quoted to him from Rumi; she sang what she knew of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," mixing it up with "Baa Baa, Black Sheep."

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Whatever: This is what appeared in the Feb. 20, 1985 edition of the Oakland Tribune, quoting a UC Berkeley professor about a protest against immigration sweeps in the Bay Area.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Stopping work at this point “will be a disaster,” Sauer wrote, quoting a sworn statement from the director for White House management and administration.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"Look at my husband, nothing stopped him" is the Sun's headline, quoting the Queen who praised her husband's courage while coping with his diagnosis.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

According to Politico, which broke the story quoting anonymous sources, the British leader sent a "few messages" via an unspecified communication channel to a person he believed to be Wiles before becoming suspicious.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

I can go on quoting Virginia Woolf—believe me, the passage gets even hotter—but I decide I want to quote myself instead.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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