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give vent to



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They give vent to feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, despair and alienation.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022

Neither were they out to give vent to their grievances.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020

He was a writer with a subject and nowhere to give vent to the thoughts boiling within him.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2017

On occasion its officials give vent to their Pacific counterparts about American assertiveness and Australasian complicity.

From Economist • Sep. 1, 2016

They wanted him to exercise such qualities on the people, so that they might double their salary and give vent to their avarice and cruelty.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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