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[kwoht] / kwoʊt /


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“What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him,” says a quote attributed to the actor.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Nobody gets a quote on air defenses for a server farm unless the server farm has enemies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

But I take from that quote that you’d grown unenthused about electric guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

In a quote from his notes, he outlined how a senior figure in the RUC told him they had extra resources on standby in case of a bombing.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“What was that quote from the girl from the White Rose?”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

They come because our market quotes help them to understand the world better and to anticipate what is going to happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Two quotes from the chancellor and the prime minister get to the heart of this Budget.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

He quotes the current chairman and co-founder of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, who reckons in the next few decades we can cure all human disease.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

"It is a horrible and shocking situation," AP quotes him as saying.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

He doesn’t actually put air quotes around “the One,” but I can hear them in his voice.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Jose quoted an old song by The Who to sum up his feelings about the race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

A separate check by financial-news outlet Yicai found a luxury suite at Beijing’s Peninsula Hotel listed for 2,915 yuan through Doubao, versus 2,624 yuan on Trip.com and 2,332 yuan quoted directly by the hotel.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

A BBC spokesman is quoted as saying: "Anti-Semitism in any form is not tolerated at the BBC... We have robust procedures in place to deal with any behaviour that is contrary to our values."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

"We have fundamentally changed how we stabilize the American defense industrial base to produce at speed and scale," top Pentagon acquisition official Michael Duffey was quoted as saying in the Pentagon announcement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

I explained how I had reconstructed the text, then quoted the reconstructed text from memory, showing him how it fitted perfectly to the explanation offered by the simplest of all the commentaries.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

No other cases of staff from the plague institute seeking medical attention since her death had been reported, Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev said, quoting Russia's consumer and health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Earlier that morning, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei published a flattering bulletin placing Schmitt atop the speculative short list to be Vice President JD Vance’s 2028 running mate, quoting admirers of the senator.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

We’ve seen improvements in quote automations and in using AI to identify errors in quoting and in requoting, rework, and the speed in which the quote can be produced to the customer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

As I’ve written previously, quoting Tan and other experts, there is no cure for dementia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

I worry she might know my ability and my secret, and quoting Einstein will only make her more suspicious.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty


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