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speak (about)

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as in to talk (about)

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talk over

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Despite this, the club’s talks over the mutual termination of his contract had been going on for several weeks, as reported by The Athletic.

— Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Trump plans to revive talks over North Korea’s nuclear program and wants to meet with the pariah state’s dictator this year, The Wall Street Journal reported.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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