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quote

verb as in repeat something spoken, written by another

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Some experts quoted by Polish media suggest the aim was mainly psychological: that the explosives were meant to derail the train, not destroy it, to scare Poland off continuing its support for Ukraine.

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Several church members doing yard work at a church in east Charlotte fled into woods when agents arrived and detained one man, The Charlotte Observer reported, quoting the church's pastor.

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He quotes an aristocratic press attaché for Franco’s Civil War forces telling an American reporter that the conflict was “a race war, not merely a class war”:

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It quoted the country's meteorological organisation as saying rainfall had decreased by about 89 percent this year compared with the long-term average.

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"I don't think I'll ever speak to him again. He tries to quote scripture but he doesn't know what he's talking about."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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