perorated

verb

Definition of peroratednext
past tense of perorate
as in mouthed (off)
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters

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  1. announced
  2. talked
  3. preached
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  • In Los Angeles, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a probe into a close call involving a plane transporting the Gonzaga University Men's basketball team.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Originally announced in 2002, the GEM has long been heralded as a symbol of Egypt‘s future, as part of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s Egypt Vision 2030, a large portion of which involves a major redevelopment of the Giza plateau, where GEM—and the famous Pyramids of Giza—is located.
    Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of announced
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  • Staff from New Hampshire Public Radio talked to everyone, from roadtrippers to small business owners, state park workers, and local university students.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As part of his teaching, the court heard that Westwood talked to one teenager, who was raped, about a masturbation scene from Bridgerton.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of talked
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  • So preached the last testament of Ka, the 52-year-old New York City emcee who died in October.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • His ideas found a warm reception in the United States at the onset of the Progressive Era, as Americans preached simplicity and the control of passions (temperance was by then a mass movement) with an almost religious zeal.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of preached
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