speak out

Example Sentences

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District Judge Lewis Liman, is related specifically to costs associated with Baldoni’s defamation suit and is based on a California statute enacted to protect people who speak out against sexual harassment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The truth is that the ADA’s action only validated the editorial’s exhortation to scientists to speak out forcefully: “We can no longer afford complacency and fear. We must all act now!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

In an interview with the Daily Mail to support an Alzheimer's Society campaign, Snow said: "If I don't speak out, who will?"

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"Not from an economic perspective, but from a political perspective in terms of the right to speak out, of the people that have less and less fear every day that goes by," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Many leaders in the civil rights struggle were afraid to speak out against the war, fearing they would be branded as unpatriotic, and the civil rights movement would be damaged.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge