speech
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In a 1997 speech in China, he spoke out against the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to set global emission-reduction targets that the U.S. eventually rejected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Meta also rolled back speech restrictions around topics such as gender and sexual identity, triggering concern from advocacy groups.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Ronald Reagan gave perhaps the most famous Normandy speech on the 40th anniversary of D-Day in 1984, now remembered as “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc.”
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
He wrapped up this speech with a plea for kindness and empathy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
There was a hundred years of speech, pent up, bursting to erupt.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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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