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He was not particularly political, he said, and declined to even utter Trump’s name during my visit.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Early plays Maddie’s lowest moments with raw sincerity and expressions of utter helplessness — visible cries for help, acted out with total concern and love for the feminine.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
How he attempts to square that with his economy’s utter dependence on the goodwill of those rivals will determine whether and how China’s economy ever returns to a stable growth footing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
For those of us who remember the bicentennial, the semiquincentennial is a complete and utter dud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
I was seized with shame: my tongue would not utter the request I had prepared.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The alien language she utters in the Disclosure Day trailer was something she developed with Spielberg and the movie’s sound designer Gary Rydstrom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In it he utters what is now one of cinema's most famous lines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
"Brilliant," is one word that nearly every single England fan I speak to utters as I call out to them outside the stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025
By the end of our time together, I’m getting used to how he casually utters such profound statements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
June pulls away from me the instant she utters the last word.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
The late Peter Douglas, former executive director of the California Coastal Commission, uttered them many years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
It will decide if words uttered on the evening news are something the public shouldn’t have heard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"It's crazy!" uttered a woman as the crowd beside suddenly burst into enthusiastic applause.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Bellingham famously uttered the words "Who Else?" in the direction of England's fans when he spared them the embarrassment of defeat by Slovakia at Euro 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“If I am not mistaken, Agatha Swanburne once uttered the very same words, but it was certainly not one of her more popular sayings. Wherever did you hear it?”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Without uttering a word, they portray the nurses bustling behind doctors in the hit series "The Pitt," the agents guarding a crime scene in "NCIS" or, like Armella, work as "stand-ins" for stars.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The black-clad, 23-year-old singer-songwriter barely spoke to the audience, uttering only a couple of thank yous during one of two solo performances at the venue this past weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Mr Wilkinson had for months walked in and out of court without uttering a public word.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Caty Wagner, water campaign manager for the Sierra Club, said she is most concerned that a board member recently felt comfortable uttering a racist remark out loud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
I clamped my teeth to keep from uttering a single whimper.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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