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We are also a species insufficiently grateful, it seems, for the favors flowers bestow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

An honorary doctorate is the highest honour UU can bestow and is awarded to inspirational people who have made an outstanding impact in their field.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

In response to outcry over the plan to include Suharto, Prabowo's office had insisted he has the right to bestow the title upon whomever he chooses.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

So you’ll have to wait until next fall to see the Recording Academy bestow Swift with her eighth nomination for album of the year, as indeed it’s sure to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

A shave was a friendly spirit with a skill to bestow.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

The obdurate side of the character is lessened with a gesture Antíkona bestows on Ixmene — a reassurance that even though she’s a revolutionary, she’s still an affectionate sister.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Supporters think the passage bestows citizenship on virtually any person born in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

In order to truly feel the benefit and gift that this money bestows, you clearly need to make sure it makes a difference elsewhere, too.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

“No,” he added, “it is the office of the president that bestows those far-reaching protections to the office holder.”

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

By not repeating them, he will be able to make men feel secure and win them over with the benefits he bestows upon them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The month before, Putin had bestowed him with a state honor, the Order of Friendship.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The Polish Order of the White Eagle was bestowed on Zelensky in 2023 by then-President Andrzej Duda.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Britain’s Prince Harry bestowed its name on the athletic games he created for wounded soldiers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

The name “Atatürk,” bestowed by Turkey’s Grand National Assembly in 1934, means “Father of the Turks,” and it is Ms. Hansen’s argument that Mr. Erdogan is committing ideological patricide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

After she had bestowed her veil, the nereid dove like a gull to windward where a dark waveside closed over her whiteness.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

The isolated image of Judas bestowing a traitor’s kiss on Jesus is especially arresting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In addition to bestowing upon us the greatest of all human attributes—empathy—books also compel us to read in ever widening circles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

It feels like I’m bestowing a curse on Paul Thomas Anderson’s unrelenting movie, putting it in the pole position this early.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

Neither the Kremlin nor Russian foreign ministry has publicly acknowledged posthumously bestowing the Order of Lenin, a Soviet-era award recognising outstanding civilian service, on Gloss.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025

He turned to Bailey, touched the top of his head with the pointer as if he were bestowing knighthood.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier