speak

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Recent Examples of speak The 27-year-old Fanning, who grew up in the spotlight as a child star alongside her sister Dakota, also spoke about how her career has evolved over the years after a journalist noted that this may be her most mature role yet. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 May 2025 The 'Survivor 48' final 5 speak in exclusive finale interview 'Survivor 48' jury speaks in exclusive pre-finale interview Of course, that is exactly what happened. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 May 2025 The governor then spoke with roughly two dozen of the protestors in a closed-door meeting in his office. Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025 The presenters spoke their mother tongue (Farsi and Hindi), which was detected and translated in real-time to English. Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for speak
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speak
Verb
  • Another victim was also found dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
  • Officer and firefighters responded to a missing child in the area near 2401 Preston Road around 9 p.m., Frisco police said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Reopen Scripps Coastal Reserve first, talk later This letter was sent to California Coastal Commission enforcement staff counsel Andrew Willis, with a copy to the La Jolla Light.
    Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Patti LuPone stood in a midtown recording studio one spring afternoon, talking to Carrie Bradshaw.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • In 2024, a highly intoxicated passenger on an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo to Seattle reportedly bit a flight attendant in the arm an hour after takeoff, the Japanese airline told The Japan Times.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • More than 300 miscarriages had been attributed to a lack of nutrients, the ministry told CNN on Sunday.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • These days, nothing infuriates liberals more than to be lectured about the American plutocracy — not when Trump is perhaps the most brazenly corrupt president to hold the office in modern history.
    Alexander Heffner, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
  • Maybe Healey can lecture them on how to sue Trump a hundred times and bankrupt a state on migrant hotel shelters.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • Though a certain type of mixology devotee may avoid uttering the cocktail names out loud, like Mary Berry’s Soggy Bottom, drinks here are the result of intense thought and care.
    Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Rather, Evans says, this viral moment is an opportunity to discuss what is acceptable and what isn't in a relationship.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • But the truth is, many of the most essential life planning tools—like a will, trust or guardianship directive—are rarely discussed or offered at work.
    Cody Barbo, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Few others around the world, though, shared their joy.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 June 2025
  • For example, Boys said at her children’s school students are encouraged to bring candy on standardized test days to share with the class.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025

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