patronize
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Who would patronize these houses of financial ill-repute?
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Practitioners of downward dog and their actual dogs patronize this tangerine-colored canteen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Azuka said it has resonated with audiences who she was keen not to "patronize".
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025
Social media remains packed with fundraisers to buy new equipment for gardeners, patronize food vendors and find jobs for the unemployed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2025
Children were the marketers of the neighborhood and they would only patronize those stores that treated them well.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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