purvey

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Many of us thought that making blue verification checkmarks available for purchase would lead to an impersonation free-for-all and severely degrade Twitter’s ability to purvey good information.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2023

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

But while the keepers of restaurants were, as a rule, precluded by law from selling ale, the publicans on their side were not supposed to purvey refreshment other than their own special commodities.

From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew