The verb say is a common reporting verb, as in Police say [that] the criminal is still in the area.

The secular arm as a means by which lay power intervenes in ecclesiastical cases had two types: sought and unsought by the Church.

Tom never miſsed a lecture, and capped the proctor with the profoundeſt of bows.

Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct.