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Among the loudest opponents of this idea is Senator Everett Dirksen, who orates that such disclosures would make a lawmaker a "second-class citizen."

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Daniel Webster orates, in public and at home.

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He rarely raises his voice; he never orates; he always drops his gs.

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From a base, sculpture orates; from the floor, it talks.

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And he orates random thoughts of profundity with such authority that you want to write them down and hang them on the wall, but they only allow writing instruments in the rec room.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman