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talked over

verb

past tense of talk over

as in discussed

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip

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Recent Examples of talked over Children interrupting, meals being made, the day being talked over. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Near the end of the debate, co-moderator and San Francisco Examiner editor-in-chief Schuyler Hudak Prionas groaned as candidates talked over each other while trying to answer a question that was supposed to elicit a yes or no response. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026 The two then talked over each other. — Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2026 For months, Smith did not see her husband at all and only talked over the phone. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 Big ones, small ones, and anything in between could be talked over while Mercury transits your 9th House of Learning. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026 During Wednesday’s hearing, Bessent frequently talked over Waters, trying to correct the California congresswoman’s message about tariffs and inflation. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026 Steeped in dread and indignation, Watcher is feminist horror that imagines what Rear Window would be like if Jimmy Stewart were constantly talked over and dismissed. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025 Vance tried to say something more, but Stephanopoulos talked over him and went to a commercial break. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

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During his time on Miller’s podcast, the secretary also discussed fatherhood and conspiracy theories.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
Officials also discussed a $10 million replacement for the municipal golf course clubhouse and a potential $6 million replacement for the Parkwood Pool.

— Sofi Zeman August 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

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According to the blunt John Adams, the American Revolution began before the war with Britain, in the people’s minds and hearts, and Arendt situated those shifts in American town councils where citizens had debated local affairs.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
The research on this topic is extensive and widely debated, but a 2026 study has re-modelled a global individualism-collectivism scale to measure where each country falls.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

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