Example Sentences

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“We were speaking for every librarian out there.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Both politicians were speaking during BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show debate about immigration, where the other main parties were split on the issue.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The astronauts were speaking to news media less than two days before they are scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their 10-day mission around the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Both Jackson and Justice Brett Kavanaugh were speaking at the event.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

I followed behind two boys who were speaking a strange language.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah