talk at

British  

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to speak to (a person) in a way that indicates a response is not really wanted

   I wish he'd talk to me rather than at me

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talk at Idioms  

1. Speak to someone without regard for or interest in his or her reaction or response. For example, She had a way of talking at us that was quite unpleasant. [First half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

She instead gave a talk at the women’s prison.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seth Hays, author of the Asia AI Policy Monitor newsletter, said talk at the summit would likely centre around "ensuring that governments put up some guardrails, but don't throttle AI development".

From Barron's

One of the original founders and a current trustee, Tom Guy, said the group was established as a "direct response" to a "homophobic and deeply divisive" talk at Oxford Brookes University which was hosted by its Christian Union.

From BBC

During a talk at a Wolfe Research conference on Wednesday, Micron CFO Mark Murphy called the reports “inaccurate” and said that the company’s HBM4 is in high-volume production.

From MarketWatch

Mojica planned a belated coming out talk at dinner the night before; the discussion never happened.

From Los Angeles Times