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In Hao’s acceptance speech, read by presenter Jia-Rui Cook in her absence, the author said she “can’t help but be disturbed by how the themes of this book have grown more relevant by the day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
In a speech in February, Fed governor Christopher Waller put it more colorfully: “You don’t want banks every night … digging around the couch cushions looking for money. That is massively inefficient, stupid.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
And this speech does feel like a representation of how angry he is that he has had all the successes in the world, both personally and professionally, and still can’t take the win.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
He has been convicted of hate speech multiple times and has been denied entry to the UK twice in the past year.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
“I’m not! And it’d be one thing if the badger were good company. But Captain, even though you’re incapable of sentient thought or speech, you make for better conversation than that squashed skunk.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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