exhorted
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Stanford exhorted men to “engage in some useful calling which best harmonized with his tastes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Dubai Mall, one of the largest in the world, was crowded with shoppers on a recent weekend, exhorted by optimistic and patriotic signs suggesting the war was nothing but a bad memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“How will she remember this?” she exhorted her students.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
The imperative of continuing hefty Western military and financial assistance to Ukraine was underscored repeatedly by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, who exhorted participants to act, as he rushed from one high-level meeting to the next.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
King went on to promise the students the “full weight” of support of the SCLC, and exhorted them to keep on fighting until the war on segregation was won.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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