spoken for
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At the same time, U.S. gas exports are largely spoken for with long-term contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Anastasia McClain knew she was in financial trouble when her entire paycheck was spoken for before it even hit her bank account.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
It shows up during anxiety, when too many choices feel like noise, and during creative periods, when the day’s decisions have already been spoken for.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
Queen Camilla has spoken for the first time publicly about fighting off an attacker on a train when she was a teenager, in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima! he cried, and knew not what he had spoken; for it seemed that another voice spoke through his, clear, untroubled by the foul air of the pit.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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