proclaim
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Orange County officials announced that they were activating their emergency operations center, which is required when two cities in the county proclaim a local emergency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The scholar’s obligation is therefore not to proclaim truth, but to report evidence honestly, acknowledge uncertainty and remain open to correction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The rapid advances in AI spurred some industry leaders to proclaim that machine intelligence would wipe out millions of jobs almost overnight.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
After overcoming each temptation, he goes to Galilee to proclaim God’s word.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Some chess players felt that it was an insult to proclaim Fischer the greatest American player at seventeen, and thereby diminish the reputation of Reshevsky at fifty.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Above downtown's historic Lamplight Theatre, a sign proclaims "Jesus first in all things".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Cunningham proclaims herself as a warrior for “common sense” by fighting off a scourge that no one can see.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Lincoln was a feared wrestler who competed in hundreds of matches,” one such video proclaims.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
The old parchment proclaims we are all equal, free, and deserve a shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
As Mama drops our samosas into the spattering oil, Elizabeth proclaims, “Hey! It’s a Pakistani knish!”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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“We’re Live Nation; we cannot make a movie where the festival looks fake,” executive Ryan Kroft proclaimed about the specific drive toward authenticity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sheen’s love for both God and man helped Americans accept the hard truths he boldly proclaimed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"Josh, you've got moves," proclaimed Radebe, a former professional on the show.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Like my colleague, former Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez, I never trusted then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman when she proclaimed the air in lower Manhattan was “safe to breathe.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
He explained, “This boy is a rare genius, proclaimed by all the gentlemen of Boston. He recognize his own breeches, too.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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"It's a serious storm," Governor Josh Green said, proclaiming a state of emergency to ensure the state and its counties "have sufficient resources to clear debris, secure infrastructure, and take other measures to prepare."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Septimus Piesse, a 19th-century chemist, translated sounds into smells, proclaiming an “octave of odors,” the authors explain, “with correspondences between notes and scents providing the basis for harmonious olfactory combinations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But Platner has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, proclaiming himself a changed man.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Wearing T-shirts proclaiming "Victim exploitation does not equal victim advocacy", the parents of Gabby Petito have their own booth to promote their foundation, which supports missing persons cases and domestic violence prevention.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Any second now, they’d be throwing themselves into hugs, sobbing onto each other’s shoulders, proclaiming, “Nobody understands me but you!”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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