says
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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“American workers are not getting a raise,” says J.P.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
She lives about four blocks away from the Lineage warehouse and says the odor is, at times, like burning chicken and feathers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
"You need systems that are able to compartmentalise and organise knowledge in such a way that it can be recalled, combined and modified when it matters," Posner says.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
"Rigid and persistent symptoms, such as paranoid ideas or an internalized critical voice, may be stable but not very flexible prediction models," says Stänicke.
From Science Daily • Jul. 1, 2026
“It’s all right, son,” says the doctor, easing me off Caesar’s chest, helping me to stand.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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