speech
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The prime minister is planning an attempt to reset his premiership next week by delivering a major speech and unveiling a new programme of legislation.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Starmer is expected to attempt a reset of his leadership in a major speech on Monday.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
It gives you a hearing number, the softest speech sound you can hear in each ear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
“Euphemistic speech is the highest form of thinking, human intelligence, an elegant, ‘veiled,’ neutralized, softened figurative expression of reality,” Xilola Inomovna Ismailova, an English teacher at Kokand State University, wrote last year.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
“A speech, how marvelous! I do love a good oration. ‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends!’”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing speech
Academy Awards, List 1
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"Encounter"
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Literary Terms, Part I
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