speak
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“He had a Southern accent and I speak that language.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"So we were begging – I'd usually go down and speak to people about what I was trying to do. I explained I wasn't going to tear up their space or anything like that."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
We have to meet, to speak, and make decisions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
I feel Japanese fashion in L.A. has gotten more popular and I think fashion is just a universal language we all speak — that’s how I’ve built relationships with people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
They were supposed to speak Michif exclusively, but since Simon was good at the language, their program instructors let it slide.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Trump delivers Wednesday's keynote and returns for Thursday's finale after Vice President JD Vance speaks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
It speaks to an impulse to reduce the novels’ mysteries to accessible bromides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In assessing the signings that have been made, Carrick speaks about balance.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“But that just speaks to, at least in Nvidia’s case, optimism, forward thinking, being willing to cut a very big check for a company that hasn’t been around all that long.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He speaks in Algonquian with our visitors, and I listen closely, trying to understand what they are saying: They are here to trade.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Thus spake one of the world’s most powerful men this week, after he gained more power still.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
Thus spake Martin Luther King Jr. at the end of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2020
Thus spake Zarathustra He humbly said you listen to me and choose for yourself.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child" runs Corinthians 13:11.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2010
As I recall it, Bono and I spake for some time, though I cannot recall of what we spake.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
“The clips really spoke for themselves,” Tarin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rhoa spoke on the potential matchup against Fakatou.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
That person, whoever it was, spoke for a lot of us at the time.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Over the past three to six months, we've often faced electricity problems, especially at the children's centre," said the doctor, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The barking voice on the other end of the line spoke in rapid-fire French.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
"Words spoken in grief can cause pain, division and conflict. It can even destroy the legacy of the king we are mourning," he told mourners.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
What is not said can shape us as much as what is spoken.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Afterward, Victoria and I called around to other old colleagues we hadn’t spoken to in a quarter century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that he had spoken to US President Donald Trump "in recent days" and Ottawa remains ready to reach a "fair" trade deal with Washington, despite escalating economic tensions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
She’s followed closely by Mr. Andrews, her own supervisor, whom I’ve seen but never spoken to.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
President Trump has a speaking style that he describes himself as "the weave".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"The Houthis have completed their takeover of the Bab al-Mandab area and Mayyun Island, which is located in the middle of the strait," he added, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Broadly speaking, he said, “there are people who are trying to spread their religion. There are people who are trying to extract resources from other communities, and then there are people who want status.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Broadly speaking, anything less than 100% means a chunk of the subscription revenue from the previous year went away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
From observing and speaking with higher-class séance clients, Maggie had learned to carry herself well.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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