espouse
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"I have no doubt whatsoever that the people who espouse theories like those promoted by this individual will continue to disseminate them," Nunez added, referring to some French politicians.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Whatever agendas they may personally espouse, these writers are too alert to the messiness of history and human nature to be rigidly ideological in their work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Maybe the government should be slower to espouse programs that it thinks will be the new wave,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
"I would know of no school which would have an ethos that would espouse what you are suggesting," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
The Penn family here found some very earnest advocates, while those were not wanting ready to espouse the side of the people.
From The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
He largely espouses esoteric prognostications of how 8 billion human deaths could be wrought by hostile machines, and even though many that admit this outcome is unlikely, it takes up a lot of their attention.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Opponents say RSS espouses Muslim hate, while the event organizer bills the gathering as a celebration of shared humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Insights analysis is not created by the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times and makes no judgment on the quality of any piece of journalism or the viewpoint it espouses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
It enables India to work with some of its closest friends in an expanding organisation that espouses principles close to India’s heart, from multilateralism to embracing the Global South.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
He passionately espouses the cause of the poor and downtrodden, as his extraordinary revolutionary short stories—The Millionaire among the rest—show.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
For a city that’s espoused much pride in its military history, the nature of the theft was as much an insult as it was an injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Jørgensen worked in a co-working space shared with colleagues and espoused “the Novo Nordisk way,” telling “60 Minutes”: “The values are based on ordinary human decent values.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Here, punk bands truly espoused the music’s DIY ethos, and were more culturally diverse.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Stanley espoused an evangelical capitalism that focused on its employees’ personal growth; it recommended salespeople read Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father’s cause and the Doctor remained neutral.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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At the time, neighbors like Cooke thought the policy was meant to deter flags showing support for sports teams or espousing political views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
They’re doing things that would’ve given Don Draper heart palpitations—laundry, bath time, their daughters’ hair—while espousing fairly traditional views on religion, discipline and masculinity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Perhaps the most committed advocate is Dutchman Wim Hof, who has made a career of espousing its purported health benefits.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
He added: "Anyone espousing extremist views or who expresses support for terrorism, or racial or religious hatred of any kind, including antisemitism, who is not a British citizen, should be removed from this country."
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Forty years later he’d still be espousing ideas put forth by Armstrong and the Plain Truth.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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