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The three men all addressed the court, continuing to profess their innocence.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

But consumers wouldn’t know that from their advertisements, which profess high-quality ingredients and rigorous quality control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He continues to profess his confidence that Newey and Honda will eventually produce the best car and engine.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Similarly, those in the media or the foreign policy establishment who profess dismay that China’s rulers now view the U.S. as a global equal are also failing to observe the obvious.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

It was a strange thing to hear from a Korean man, and I wondered what circumstance would have had to arise for my father to profess openly a feeling like that.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim Buckeyes each make up 1 percent of the population, while nearly 30 percent of the state professes no religious affiliation, according to the Pew Research Center.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

Florian Zeller’s “Bunker” at least implicates its characters in the politics it professes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Condemned by UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, castigated by fans of the game he professes to want to protect.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

In Mr. Mian’s travelogue, we meet person after person who professes adherence to Russian Orthodox Christianity, but no one speaks of salvation, sacraments or even Jesus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

“I see no enemy to a fortunate issue but in the brow; and that brow professes to say,—‘I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

"I always think I'm the best but everyone has their own opinion," professed the Frenchman, now the all-time World Cup top goalscorer.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the mindbending documentary “You Can See Everything,” comedian Nathan Fielder and professed inventor Elizabeth Holmes sit in her beach house staring at each other like gunslingers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Channeling his client from afar, Pattis read a statement in which Diamantis again professed “my absolute innocence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The next thing I think you start seeing is the court becoming interested in, despite its professed adherence to textualism, reading these statutes with an eyebrow raised.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The real reason, he said, was “jealousy in Chicago, and I had objected to the immorality of the man who professed to be more moral than anybody.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Then there were the officials whose job is literally to know things, professing not to know anything.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Back in 2016, Taco Bell introduced its limited-time “quesalupa” to the Canadian market by calling on everyday fans to read scripts professing their love for the product in appropriately cheesy, ’80s-style dating videos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

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

There remained now but a few young men who, belonging to no church and professing no religion, were scattered sheepishly about the pews.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright