Dmitry Kiselev, one of the Kremlin's mouthpieces, has declared with relish that Russian nuclear forces could turn America into "radioactive ash .Just rhetoric, you may say.
Being nice pays, Ryanair has declared, with the Irish airline announcing a 32% jump in first-half profits a year after its pledge to transform its customer service.
The pre-mortem got going even before the first ward had declared, with Paddy Ashdown blasting the Conservatives on Question Time, and telling the Guardian that their "regiment of lies" will settle the terms on which the coalition ends.
While Netanyahu has declared with certainty that Hamas is responsible for the kidnapping, no evidence for this charge has been offered, and to a Hamas-hating Israeli public, no evidence appears to be needed.
So the president of the United States has declared, with that claim duly echoed and implicitly endorsed by media commentary -- the New York Times reporting, for example, that Mansour's death leaves the Taliban leadership "shocked" and "shaken".
Although Brits had only managed a score of 21 in the first-innings of the Test match, and had declared with herself unbeaten on 5 in the second, she showed her continued form with the bat by scoring 46 in the first ODI and 59 in the second, partnering Daleen Terblanche in a 131-run third wicket stand, a South African record for that wicket.
Rival rebel groups have declared solidarity with the Nusra Front, and Islamists have congratulated it on its new distinction.
The so-called Friends of Syria meetings, led by the United States, have included more than 80 countries and have declared solidarity with anti-Assad groups.
The western alliance has the responsibility to "take the war to those who have declared it" with a thoughtful, sober and ruthless response.
