Sentence examples for official spoke for from inspiring English sources

A senior Russian official spoke for the first time in detail about the possibility of evacuating Russian citizens.

The latter even entails prioritizing the hiring of people with a "migration background" (mit Migrationshintergrund), now the official speak for the near 20% of the German resident population with at least one foreign parent.

But lawyers and public officials speaking for transit riders called yesterday a sad day for New Yorkers.

"I would let Indian officials speak for themselves," he said, when asked if Pakistan had made concessions India has demanded.

I began to run into criticism from the senior managers at the AP over my belief that the officials speaking for the government were lying about Vietnam.

Rather than have Ronnie Nunn, the league's director of officials, speak for himself and his crew, the commissioner spoke for them.

There is a path forward for creating long-lasting change in the injustices targeting communities of color, and it must begin with making sure elected officials speak for us.

The official spoke in return for anonymity because he was not authorized to be quoted by name.

Eddie Johnson, Chicago's top police official, spoke on Sunday for the first time about the death of Paul O'Neal at the hands of police.

Federal officials spoke of the need for testing, assessment and proper procedures to forestall unnecessary environmental damage in the cleanup, while state officials denounced what they saw as indifference and inaction in the face of the environmental damage that was already taking place.

An official speaking for Petraeus said: "During the course of his years in Iraq, General Petraeus did learn of allegations of Iraqi forces torturing detainees.