lip service
Example Sentences
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Democracy depends on public schools that pay more than lip service to welcoming everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Can any of us ever pay more than lip service to peace?
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the cycle of "paying lip service to the potential of the North" had to end.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
Preparing Americans for this change can’t be just lip service with no follow-through.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
“Janus. Hecate. Morpheus. They give lip service to Olympus, and yet— “That’s where Dionysus went,” I remembered.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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