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Neville told Rosner that there were three lines of dialogue that he wanted Bourdain’s voice to orate, but he couldn’t find previous audio to string together or make it work otherwise.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2021

The surest way to get yanked off the stage — any stage — is to clear one’s throat and begin to orate.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

The new leader of Britain’s House of Commons, known for his orate rhetoric and affinity for tradition, has issued a painstaking list of grammar and etiquette for his staff.

From Fox News • Jul. 27, 2019

For the next half hour, Valentino Dixon will stand on the courthouse steps and orate for TV cameras, and I hear the same lines from his letters.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 6, 2018

That’s one of the reasons a writer should mutter, mumble, or orate a draft of his prose to himself, ideally after enough time has elapsed that it is no longer familiar.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker