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“The fact that you cannot come out of hunting feeling unambiguously good about it,” Mr. Pollan once wrote in an essay, “is perhaps what should commend the practice” to meat eaters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
“We are grateful that the family is safe and commend our officers for their swift response,” the department said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The justice secretary told BBC Scotland News she wanted to commend Lisa "for her courage and her campaign for change".
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
"We were 40-50 runs short. Must commend the guys in the bottom half for giving us a chance."
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
I commend him in his own right, for he is the co-architect of a great and noble experiment.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing commend
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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Much Ado About Nothing
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