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forswear

[fawr-swair] / fɔrˈswɛər /


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He said this would be the "challenge for this year" as he urged leaders to "forswear wedge issues" that render their opponents their enemies.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2023

But some FDA watchers say those steps are not enough and that the agency should forswear use of an emergency authorization for a vaccine.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2020

He wanted Waterstones to forswear $38 million a year in “co-op fees” paid by publishers.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019

Lesbian identity does not require that its adherents forswear all sexual and romantic encounters they’ve ever had with men, just as bisexual identity does not require that people date men and women in equal measure.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2018

Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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