as in to talk (about)
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During a news briefing the following day, President Donald Trump baselessly suggested the collision was the result of the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity hiring goals.—
Katie Smith,
USA TODAY,
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Some research, including a 2014 study of twins in China, suggests that genetics may play a role, with both grandiosity and entitlement seeming to be shared more by the twins than by other siblings.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of TIME editors.—
TIME,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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Born July 22, 1932 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, but raised largely outside Richmond, Virginia, Robbins showed a penchant for writing from a young age and expressed his desire to become a novelist as a teenager.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Trump proposed capping indirect costs in his previous administration, but the effort was unsuccessful.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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No president ever proposed anything so unhinged as Donald Trump’s brutal fantasy of evicting some 2.3 million Palestinians from Gaza and turning it into a massive real estate deal.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, the Department of Transportation ended a pandemic-era program offering free bus fares, a decision that Lamont blamed on federal rules requiring an equity study.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2025
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The luxury escape-within-the-city is offering a special for Valentine’s Day that features a signature body polish, followed by a 60-minute couples massage.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Speak (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speak%20%28of%29. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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