proclaim
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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
Middle East analysts interpreted the move as a signal that Hamas may be willing to engage, but cautioned that it was too early to proclaim progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
After overcoming each temptation, he goes to Galilee to proclaim God’s word.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Letter Cresset External link April 16: Recent troubling private-credit headlines prompted market Cassandras to proclaim an incipient credit crisis.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
He’s done nothing wrong and wishes to proclaim his innocence.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
Abrams even has a song called The Knife, where she proclaims she'll live with a blade "in my side", as an act of defiance.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Lincoln was a feared wrestler who competed in hundreds of matches,” one such video proclaims.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
He stands up in the synagogue in Nazareth and proclaims release for the captive, sight for the blind, freedom for the oppressed.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
“I don’t want a break, I want to stop,” Ilana proclaims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
"Ah, but when the queen proclaims one king and the Hand another, whose peace do they protect?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Out one side of her mouth CEO Mary Barra once proclaimed GM’s all-electric future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Times had proclaimed that Nathy Peluso had found her musical language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
On July 1, extreme climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus announced their engagement by scaling the Empire State Building and unfurling a banner from its famous antenna that proclaimed the healing power of love.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Each time we draw closer to starting on the path of order and hope for all Peruvians," she wrote on X after being proclaimed the winner.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Joe Varney saw clearly that the body before him proclaimed an easy confidence and that Bull still retained the violent frame of his youth.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
But Platner has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, proclaiming himself a changed man.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Black-clad Turkish police on street corners, giant blue banners proclaiming "The Key to Peace" and a ceremonial welcome for Donald Trump.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
A no-doubter, proclaiming that his availability was no longer in doubt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
When virtually every CEO of every company of any size is proclaiming a need to “transform.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
But we too embrace faulty causes, usually at the urging of an expert proclaiming a truth in which he has a vested interest.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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