prepared speech
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"We have to do better, we must do better," vowed Mr Fletcher, who cast aside his prepared speech when he stood under a canopy facing rows of Sudanese women and children, clapping and ululating.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said, reading a prepared speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
He read his prepared speech in Spanish but at the end, shifted into impromptu Italian and said:
From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023
Francis made the comments to explain why he chose not to deliver a prepared speech to visiting charity workers for Eastern rite churches.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
“The first step to honest communication about race is to realize that you cannot equate all racisms,” she said, and then launched into her carefully prepared speech.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
