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tongue

[tuhng] / tʌŋ /


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Says Delgado Lopera, quoting Pedro Lemebel: “I could write with no tongue, like a newscaster on CNN, no accent and hold the salt,” Lemebel wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Part-sculpted work and marble block, each has a tragic aspect to it, recalling John Greenleaf Whittier’s forlorn observation: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

A national treasure of a pairing which rolls off the tongue like Morecambe and Wise or Punch and Judy.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“Our tongue is like a sword,” RZA once told Vanity Fair.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

“Daisy,” I said, “I’m sick all over but it’s not my tongue that’s sick. What are you going to do now?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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