deliver a speech

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President Trump was excited to deliver a speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

But Roosevelt was running to reclaim the White House as a third-party candidate when he was shot—and, famously, proceeded to deliver a speech with the bullet still lodged in his chest—in 1912.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

But Bisha, watching her familiar face deliver a speech she knew nothing about, in a role she never agreed to, was left reeling.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Trump is also expected to deliver a speech Wednesday evening intended to defend and preview his agenda, though the White House has not specified whether it will directly address the administration’s escalating posture toward Venezuela.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

Passing through Alexandria on his way to Mount Vernon, he stopped to deliver a speech in which he reiterated his allegiance to the principles articulated in the Farewell Address.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis