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[vur-buhl] / ˈvɜr bəl /


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The firm expects to receive an additional $50 million to $100 million in verbal commitments from limited partners before the fund’s final close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Then we tumble into the realm of inspirational gurus and thought leaders, where breathwork and manifesting meet motivational speak, popping with familiar verbal kernels like “sparking joy” and “habit formation.”

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Unless official written or verbal notification is issued, people generally only discover they are restricted from leaving when applying for documents or attempting to depart.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

At his Sept. 3 arraignment, Lawantara’s attorney Debra White said that, after a verbal altercation escalated, Voskanyan reached for her client’s neck, according to reporting from the California Post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Recognizing faces sounds like a very specific process, but Schooler has shown that the implications of verbal overshadowing carry over to the way we solve much broader problems.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

That was a great wicket because he was giving us a bit of verbals back.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The tag-team verbals between Warne and Berry continued until Slater succumbed to the pressure by holing out at midwicket a few overs later.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2019

"He addresses me and Tweets me quite often and I was just in the frame of mind where I thought me and Klitschko don't have much verbals, so let me respond to Fury."

From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2017

Jones' verbals are quite enjoyable - up to a point.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2016

He handled words like a worker in verbals who is aware of their price and knows all their resources.

From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan




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