devote
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“It was me just getting caught up in this vortex,” said Po, 29, whose flexible schedule as a writer allowed him to devote a weekday afternoon to the quest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
He embraced the enforced isolation as an opportunity to devote himself to painting the arrival of spring in a riot of bright colours infused with strong light.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Between the blazing sky and the scorched ground, people do what Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński once observed in another furnace-hot landscape in Africa: devote their energies to "the search for shade and a breeze".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Three years later in 1964, King left without a degree to devote full attention to her burgeoning tennis career.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
He had schoolkids sign pledges to turn off the TV and devote two hours to their homework each night.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing devote
Early Civilizations of India, Lessons 1–4
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Schooled
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Chapter 2: Exploring the Americas
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