speak out

Example Sentences

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A coworker urged her to not speak out again, she said, but she ended up losing her job after the contractor stopped calling her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Unfortunately for her, her decision to speak out about it has all but ensured that no one’s going to forget it anytime soon.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

She added that many families had been too afraid to speak out while the STC and the UAE were in charge.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

But after her name was unintentionally made public in the release of millions of files by the US government, she told BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire she felt she had to speak out.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

And she was the only politician who’d had the courage to speak out against the terrorists.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai