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
“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
"This is wholly unacceptable and does not align with the values and behaviours that we espouse or endorse as a service," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Campaigning in the Wisconsin primary in Milwaukee one morning, I heard Carter espouse one position on school busing that seemed to please a predominately Black church congregation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
So after some time he came to the king's house to espouse her, and they were united; and he brought her home with him to his own house.
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
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
It espouses a very conservative view of the family, which it says should consist of "a father, a mother and as many children as possible."
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Courageous in his commitment to scientific truth, he espouses opinions that can strike us as elitist and illiberal today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Nothing remarkable occurs thereupon until Rama has attained the marriageable age, when he espouses Seeta, daughter of the King of Mithili.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
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
Hitting wonks have long espoused the importance of swinging faster—the concept seems almost obvious—but the idea of prioritizing it burst into the mainstream in 2024 when MLB began publicly releasing bat speed data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
And Charles’s book was, after all, an argument against the concept of God as creator that Paley had espoused.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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And repetition – espousing the same ideas again and again – was an effective tactic.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
Curtis smiled and repeated what he has been espousing since the early 2000s: “You can’t really trust a computer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 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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