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By evening’s end, a frazzled Ventura senior citizen — during a cloak-and-dagger assignation — had uttered a secret code to a person who claimed to be law enforcement, then handed him $25,000.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Instead, he gave one of the most famous, and perhaps the most quietly professional, replies ever uttered.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

For some, it is as if Higgs's words, celebrated back in 2013, were never uttered.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Even before I answered him, I had uttered a prayer: Whatever God asks of us, the answer must be yes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It snapped up the mouse, which uttered a forlorn squeak before being hurried off to the crevice in the rocks.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer