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

The prepared speech by Mr. Xi repeated earlier claims that the world is now facing a new era of “turbulence and transformation,” according to a text posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry website.

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Deviating from his prepared speech, Francis spoke about a homeless German man who recently died, “alone, abandoned,” under the colonnade circling St. Peter’s Square, where homeless persons often sleep.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

“I should have practiced my prepared speech again,” he muttered to Werfel.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin