speechmaker
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She’s a reasonably good speechmaker, but she’s no Obama — by which I mean Michelle Obama, whose impassioned appeal dominated the first night’s proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
Hoffa, by contrast is different—he is the opposite of silent—not only is he a literal speechmaker at the rostrum, he’s a running-off-at-the-mouth talker in private, in one-on-ones and “business” meetings.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
This play, shown last year at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks, returns Ms. Schreck to her roots as a high school speechmaker, touring American Legion halls to earn cash for college.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
Returning to AEI, Bolton has been a prolific speechmaker, tweeter, writer of op-ed articles and paid commentator on Fox News.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2018
But I said: "John, you know I am no speechmaker."
From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett) Reed
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