oratory
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His oratory and pen helped shape the 14th Amendment’s guarantees of citizenship and equal protection and the 15th’s promise of black male suffrage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
His gift for oratory could energize all kinds of people, including workers, presidents and other heads of state.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025
Her 40-minute speech was not exactly the soaring oratory that the Obamas delivered earlier in the week, but the euphoria and confidence in the arena was palpable.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
His oratory first electrified the Democratic convention in 2004, when he was a state lawmaker running for the U.S.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024
Then the bell rang again, much louder than before, and he heard a choir singing, as if the door to a chapel or an oratory had opened.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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Speech and Debate
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President Obama's Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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