speak

Example Sentences

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The downing of the jet, an F-15E, was confirmed to The Times by a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Kristina Kausch, a researcher at the German Marshall Fund, said it would be an exaggeration to speak of the end of the alliance.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The reality is they are yet to speak to anyone else.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

“We cannot speak about an apocalypse,” Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote on Tuesday night, recycling a word used for the failure of 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

‘And he is not my uncle. We can pretend to the outside world, but can we not at least speak the truth inside our home?’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler