as in to talk (about)
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But the Starship spacecraft stopped delivering telemetry, suggesting that the spacecraft may have been lost.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025 -
With the pledge to reach 5 percent, Lithuania will become the first NATO member to meet a defense spending goal recently suggested by President-elect Donald Trump.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Still, many continue to express fears over the potential of losing TikTok.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Joe Biden, then Vice President, called Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko, to express the administration's unhappiness.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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State Senator-elect David Gregory, who proposed the bounty-hunter-style system, wants to allow bail bond agents to be certified to go after those believed to have crossed the border illegally.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Toya, however, proposes a different approach: locking Heavenly, Tea, and Contessa in a room together to hash things out.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2025
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The memo, signed Thursday night by the acting head of the Homeland Security Department, offers ICE officials a road map on how to use expansive powers that were long reserved only for encounters at the southern border to quickly remove migrants.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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While there’s still work to be done, the halfway point offers a natural moment for reflection.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Speak (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speak%20%28of%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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