speak
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When he does speak, his words carry a faint Southern twang from his upbringing in Alabama.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Burnham likes to speak without notes, as he did in his first speech outside Downing Street, and is thought to be considering doing the same at PMQs.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I noticed that William would always chime in, make sure that I didn’t get to speak with her by myself or by herself,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
You can type to Ash, or you can speak and hear the responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
She didn’t have the words to say what she was feeling, and unlike Simon, she wasn’t offered free passes to speak English.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Markets are holding their breath until Kevin Warsh speaks at the Jackson Hole symposium later this morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The efforts speaks to the increasingly stringent — and desperate — measures public agencies and lawmakers in California are attempting in order to stem a troubling rise in e-bike incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
That demographic profile mirrors the woman to whom Oster’s argument speaks most directly.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
This ongoing appreciation of silent movies speaks to a common craving for simple communal appreciation of analog pleasures.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Another part thinks this man speaks good Polish and he never told me what was happening to me.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Thus spake one of the world’s most powerful men this week, after he gained more power still.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
Thus spake Martin Luther King Jr. at the end of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2020
Thus spake Kanye West to his wife, Kim Kardashian West, and, via the bully pulpit of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” to all of us.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2018
And Gibran spake, It is a misprint for The Profit.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2010
“She spake the tongue of Oyo,” said Bono.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Although the details of each case differ, all spoke of family life stopped in its tracks and a lack of accountability.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Chinese and Nepali foreign ministers spoke Saturday and discussed sharing satellite and hydrological data, both sides said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The two men spoke no English, but Bayoumi took charge.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
He also spoke with Apollo board members about his desire for the role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Fin-Kedinn raised a hand for silence, then spoke to Torak.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said he had spoken by phone with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, agreeing to increase the sharing of "real-time hydrological data", according to a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘The estrangement isn’t about politics’: My daughter hasn’t spoken to me for 4 years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
But Black had also spoken with Apollo board members and made certain Harris wouldn’t get the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Her nephew, Dwaipayan Mukherjee, says the family had spoken to her over video calls while she was in Kathmandu.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She still hadn’t spoken above a loud whisper, but the tone had been keen and insistent.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"Not only did they learn their colours from that book… it kind of set the tone for them speaking and their joy for books."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
I've been struggling with a condition called trigeminal neuralgia, external that causes excruciating pain like an electric shock across the side of my face, which can stop me from speaking, eating or drinking.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
On Wednesday, speaking from his California studio cluttered with knick-knacks, Piker hit back.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
In the meantime it’s nice to see that the very real people who make their livelihoods building U.S. technical capacity are now speaking up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Suddenly I saw the two of them huddled together at the factory or speaking urgently in the back room of the Eagle.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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