to speak of
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Even though they manage to cover car payments, house payments and bills, they’re always in debt and have no real savings to speak of.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
You might enter an old apartment building that’s been rezoned for offices with no waiting room to speak of.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Kristina Kausch, a researcher at the German Marshall Fund, said it would be an exaggeration to speak of the end of the alliance.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
In a sense, the film is a biography of a property—alive, indignant, eager to speak of its own spirits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
“Yes, it is beautiful. I feared it had been unhappy and for that reason you chose not to speak of it.”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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