profess
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He continues to profess his confidence that Newey and Honda will eventually produce the best car and engine.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
What matters is state-led formations that profess loyalty to similar ideas, but are far stronger and more sophisticated than jihadists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
I profess no ultimate wisdom but that’s what I’m getting from the comments that they make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
First, she had to stop fighting the Others, the term for the billions united in groupthink, and accept if not entirely trust that the collective love they profess to have for her is real.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025
One experiment after another of his explores how we focus, what takes us away from what we profess to want to focus on, and whether our attention limits might even be expanded.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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The exhibit, which professes to illustrate storytelling through art in its earliest manifestations, is a jarring introduction to a museum that houses 1,300 original works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Regional mayors were an untested concept at the time but Burnham made the role his own - and used it to build a powerful platform, untainted by the London-centric Westminster politics he professes to despise.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
To his credit, author Michael Scherer professes good intentions in featuring Kennedy in such an adulatory light: to help bridge some of the political division plaguing our country.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025
Dr. Gazzaley professes to be a little conflicted by what he’s seen.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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In the probation report after the conviction, Brambles again professed his innocence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He professed a belief in laissez-faire economics, signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, and remained over-focused on the value of the U.S. dollar.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
But Nexstar seems to be only aggravating the tension between its professed Middle America branding and its actual business moves.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
Its professed goal is to prevent sickness that hurts our economic interests and overall wellbeing.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
He professed little interest in the spiritual life—but was intellectually curious, good with his hands, and a natural gardener.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Haemon will confront his father, professing the depth of his own love, when Antigone’s life is threatened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
He sent her videos professing his love for her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
In addition to the two-year sentence they were given for "professing" witchcraft, the men were sentenced to six months in prison for possessing charms.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
It shouldn’t be, since it’s clear what Instagram thinks your memories are really worth, despite professing so much concern over its users’ feedback.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2024
I didn’t know anything at the time; Dennis had been as cryptic and evasive as ever, Jack professing nothing.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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