speech balloon

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  • Uttering any old gibberish that came into his head in order to keep a speech balloon alive -- the Gettysburg Address, pop song lyrics, his projected Nobel acceptance speech -- Gyro was attempting to discover the self-repair capacity of the utility fog. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
  • His words appeared in type in a speech balloon above his head. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • The screen remained dark, except for the faint glow where a speech balloon might be. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • "But you can play again, Dug," her speech balloon said. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • "It is like this," his dreamlet speech balloon wrote. —  Swell Foop
 

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