lecture
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Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, his office said: "At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Not too many years ago, a doctoral student in history gave a lecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This space has been traversed for nearly four months by Jared Kushner, whom I first met about 18 months ago, when he introduced himself after a foreign policy lecture I had given.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
As they grapple with their finances, they know that every filled seat in a lecture hall comes with tuition fee funding.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
When Sarah and Daniel and I run through our allowances and ask to borrow money from our folks, we get a huge lecture, and then they make it a teachable moment.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
Researching the asynchronicity the institution was promoting, I saw it involved pre-recorded lectures, no live meetings and homework submitted by email 24/7 — no personal interactions.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The general effect is more of 10 diligently prepared classroom lectures than of a broadly conceived historical narrative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"We all went to the same lectures and we had the same labs, the same tutorials," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"We can better focus on the lessons and lectures; there are no more interruptions due to calls," said Yousufzai.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Miss Birdy comes over and lectures us about why we’re here in detention, and what will happen to us if Caleb doesn’t move over and shut up.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Instead of feeling like her concerns were being heard, “I got lectured about why I shouldn’t pick that fight or I should just let that go.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Badenoch was born in London but spent much of her childhood in Nigeria, as well as the United States, where her mother lectured.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
She was also officer of several technical societies and lectured on technical analysis around the world.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
He bet no one ever lectured her about opportunities, because she had everything.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
When COVID-19 hit, she pivoted from events to lecturing in universities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Like many advisers, DeLarme understands that lecturing about the risks of stock picking can fall flat.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
A talented artist, the young Morris had spent his national service lecturing soldiers in fine arts and had exhibited surrealist paintings alongside Joan Miró.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Both the Pentagon and the Vatican denied a report, published in the Free Press last week, that the meeting was tense, with Colby lecturing the cardinal on U.S. military power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
She started lecturing on poetry, no doubt what she’d been doing while Hanako wasn’t paying attention.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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