purvey

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A generation earlier, they were “the first to popularly purvey African-American spirituals in concert,” making a great impact in an 1872 American tour and a widely celebrated European tour in 1873.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021

Carol ends up at a ramshackle New Mexican community of fellow-sufferers, who purvey the mantra of self-love.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

But the question is in the execution of these new plots, and specifically how ardently this spinoff will purvey a skewed image of justice’s inner workings, as is the tendency of Wolf’s other work.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2018

Much of its appeal lies in the contrast between the ostensibly stodgy actors and the outlandish tales they purvey.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015

From Rousseau's "Confessions," we have not room to purvey further.

From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver