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The hologram did not just deliver a prepared speech.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

“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

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

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

“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