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

Speaking without a microphone in a soft but direct voice, Jurado said in a prepared speech that what motivated her to run was the audio leak.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

Francis skipped reading a prepared speech for a meeting with European rabbis this month because he had a cold, but he appeared to be in good health during a meeting with children hours later.

From Reuters • Nov. 26, 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

At the formal welcoming ceremony, the mayor delivered his prepared speech as though nothing unusual had happened.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman