as in to speak
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen
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Swift covered a variety of topics while speaking with Colbert, from her Kansas City Chiefs star fiancé Travis Kelce being the love of her life to getting her masters back.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025 -
That summer, Mbappe turned down the chance to join Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, despite PSG giving him permission to speak to them following a €300m bid in July 2023.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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There were cartoons while dressing children, evening news while cooking dinner, and, before bed, families watched mutely as onscreen families laughed and talked.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Emanuel and White served as VIP shepherds at times, bringing dignitaries over to talk to Trump when the action was quiet in the octagon, and commercials were rolling for viewers on TV.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
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As a black spiritual hums on the soundtrack, Hooded Justice perorates about the legacy of being the victim—not the complicit or recruited perpetrator—of violence: My mama played the piano right over there.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New York Review of Books,
24 Mar. 2020
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Particularly in the tech circles that make up his client base, discourse around using AI for writing and to produce blogs and LinkedIn posts faster, cheaper, and with more autonomy had already been growing.—
Sage Lazzaro,
Fortune,
18 May 2026
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The most explicitly political of the year’s major contenders is also the odds-on Best Picture front-runner, which has made OBAA discourse the season’s most inescapable topic.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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Woody Harrelson declaims every line, upping the relentless factor of Phil’s mania.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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In the theater, poets declaimed their newest works while musicians competed on the kithara.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Apr. 2026
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In December 2023, Caprio announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, completing radiation treatment last year.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
21 Aug. 2025
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Neither Nexstar Media Group nor TEGNA has announced any layoffs if the acquisition is approved by the Federal Communications Commission.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Mouth (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouth%20%28off%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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