speak
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NBA scouts who requested anonymity to speak candidly on the matter said Williams is athletic but hasn’t figure out his game yet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
"He started out when there was barely a film industry in this country to speak of," he noted.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
When we speak of speed, Mr. Smil notes, we ought to be precise about what we mean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Alquinga, a 31-year-old programmer, said animals "may not be able to speak to us, or give us advice, but they are there to give us all the love that they have."
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
What would it be like, Joey Veluya wondered, to have God speak to you directly?
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
However, she said about 90% of the people the charity speaks to report encountering harmful content online.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Though having visited Cartagena every year growing up, it’s Colombia that speaks to him spiritually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Cruz, Texas’ future senior senator, speaks from some experience.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Through the press conference, the Fed speaks to the broader public, and its fellow central bankers around the world, about the benchmark rate of interest on the world’s reserve currency.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
“She speaks only her own language,” said Jacques.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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 Zarathustra He humbly said you listen to me and choose for yourself.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
Thus spake Chris Morris’s ludicrously hostile Day Today news anchor, in an attack-dog interview with a woman who’d just raised “a pathetic amount of money” for charity with a jam festival.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2015
Others spake of boats stolen, of rivers navigated, of days spent humming on smacks.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The couple, who have two children, also spoke about their relocation from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, in search of a slower pace and easier travel while touring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Blues boss, 44, began work on the training pitch last week and - at his opening press conference on Monday - spoke of his desire to keep Enzo Fernandez at the club.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
During his presidential run, Lindsey Graham spoke about how proud he was of his sister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But his bravura weakened as the conversation continued, and he spoke of his lost dream of being a surgeon, thwarted because his family could not afford school fees.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
I’m sure he glanced at Hannie when he spoke.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Trump called into several Sunday news programs to discuss Graham’s death, and said he had spoken to Graham on Saturday evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
All of that rehab took its toll, and though she has spoken of the temptation of one last crack at the Aussies next summer, the full circle moment at Lord's is what feels right.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The Pakistani leader said he had also spoken with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, urging him to safeguard the "hard-earned peace" in the region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Burnham too has spoken out against what he views as the "highly regressive" council tax.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In all the time I have spoken with Theo—every time he’s been jocular, or dry, or self-deprecating, or sincere—he’s never, ever had this kind of sharpness.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
And, speaking of holy grails: Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” fetched $32.5 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Our keyboard player spotted the smoke first and shouted at me to run," Athipat later recalled, speaking to reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Spain's foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, has cast it in a similar light, speaking of "a new era" for the Rock.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Still, speaking just as Anthropic launched the new platform Claude Science, he notes the industry is only in the “second inning.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
She was gone before I finished speaking, shouting for Alyx to wait for her.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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