bestow
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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
Twenty-one percent of managers say Tesla is the market’s most richly valued stock, while 13% bestow the “honor” on Nvidia.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
The figure resembles a yakshi - a powerful primordial nature spirit that can bestow both "abundance and fertility, as well as death and disease" - recognisable through her floral headdress, jewellery and full figure.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025
Economic relief comes from the unlikeliest of sources: an Indian “compassionate appointment” law that can bestow a deceased government employee’s job to the surviving spouse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
"O enlightened Vizier," said the Tisroc, "bestow your wisdom upon us concerning this strange proposal."
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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