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quote

[kwoht] / kwoʊt /


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The authors quote oil engineers: “If one wins a tract against two or three others, he may feel fine about his good fortune. But how should he feel if he won against 50 others? Ill.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The speech included a call for quiet and calm as "our world seems to spin ever faster", with King Charles quoting poet TS Eliot's words about finding the "still point of the turning world".

From BBC

A private company has quoted him £20,000 to clear the site, which would include fees to test the waste for contaminants such as asbestos.

From BBC

Lachlan Murdoch has been quoted as saying that the resolution is "good news for investors" and "gives us clarity about our strategy going forward".

From BBC

Leon Battista Alberti wrote a book on the institution of the family—rendered bittersweet by his own illegitimate identity; Mr. Luzzi quotes Alberti liberally.

From The Wall Street Journal