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Fox Sports announcer Tom Brady might have spoken for all of us when viewing the play in which Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels dislocated his left elbow Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Three retired police officers have spoken for the first time about the amount of trauma officers and staff are exposed to and the toll it can have on their mental health.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Launching a museum in 2026 is not easy: The world’s most interesting items are generally spoken for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
If the money is already spoken for, especially if it’s intended for essentials, “then it’s not a reasonable decision to spend $1,000 on sporting tickets,” Christine Hargrove, a financial therapist in Athens, Ga., told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
I had not heard words spoken for so long that they sounded strange to me, yet they were good to hear, even though it was an enemy who spoke them.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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