patronize
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Who would patronize these houses of financial ill-repute?
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
As journalist Madeline Peltz has documented, after that, he “staged more and more debates on college campuses,” focused on generating “bite-sized clips” that showcased how Kirk “would patronize and shame” students, largely young women.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
Woolf could patronize American writing in 1919 in part because the U.S. still seemed provincial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
If we want an art scene here, we have to patronize it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
I thought, Already he’s starting to patronize me.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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