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A month later, the town appeared to have been razed almost entirely, including the stadium where slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah delivered his "liberation" speech in 2000 to mark the withdrawal of Israeli forces.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The dollar traded flat against a basket of currencies and it could rise if Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller hints at raising interest rates in a speech later.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In his acceptance speech, Kano thanked his mum, "for babysitting right now".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Absurdist comedy, the kind that was Letterman’s, his “Late Night” successor Conan O’Brien’s and Colbert’s specialty, is the very soul of free speech because it pushes honesty and truth past mundane notions of propriety.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
It took Penelope a full minute to recover the power of speech, and when she did, all she could blurt was, “How did you know?”
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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