verbal
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In California, Prince Harry could be treated as a faraway problem and was largely ignored by palace courtiers, who routinely refused to comment on the verbal grenades launched by the man fifth-in-line for the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Local agreements were described by another charity as "verbal and fragile".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Neither have we sent a letter nor given verbal instructions to stop it. They postponed it on their own."
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Its whimsical grandiosity practically invites us to use the passive voice, a kind of verbal genuflection.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Told would seem to imply verbal communication. You can’t have verbal communication with a man in New South Wales, you know.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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