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She said: "How is that a response to not go out... to have words with these boys or arrest them?"
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Blackhawks defenseman Jarred Tinordi appeared to have words with Smith as the teams were skating off the ice after the first.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
His mother’s going to have words with you, America.
From Time ● May 22, 2013
Sharks C Andrew Desjardins appeared to have words with Carlyle as he was escorted off the ice after being ejected near the end of the first period.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2011
“See that you don’t, or I’ll have to come have words with you. Now, should we get back to the castle, where it’s warm?”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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