lip-reading
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Eventually, the boxing media learned lip-reading to do interviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
La Liga has requested an expert lip-reading report but the investigation has yet to be concluded.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
Years of speech lessons and lip-reading practice forced Ross, who is Deaf, to conform to a society that favors sound.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
And oh yeah, stop presenting lip-reading as easy.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2022
I watch his mouth, lip-reading the Polish phrases he’s learned by rote.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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