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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

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

As the theatrical market continues to find its footing after the pandemic, audiences still largely have gravitated toward familiar fare, including sequels and reboots, even as they profess to want new stories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

Burr’s response was incisively curt: “having Considered it attentively,” he wrote, “I regret to find in it nothing of that sincerity and delicacy which you profess to Value.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He credits the small-town nondenominational congregants of his early years with living out the kind of communitarian values the rest of the world professes to value but mostly doesn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

He professes a love for James Franco, drinking Guinness, thrifting, dancing in random bathrooms and delivering confessions from bed.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025

The first, which will perhaps become increasingly important in an inquisitive age which professes to still value privacy, makes it possible to obtain sensitive information about a group of people without compromising any person’s privacy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Xi Jinping must have chuckled at the president’s professed outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

McAfee has professed the benefits of unpasteurized milk in public libraries and chiropractor offices.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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

“Young Havisham’s name was Arthur. Compeyson is the man who professed to be Miss Havisham’s lover.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

After the Edwards' crisis, it launched a review of its culture, professing its intention to stamp out bad behaviour.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

You can see the evidence yourself: On social media, people are making teary videos professing to have rediscovered Jesus; in the comments, former atheists share stories of finding peace and purpose in prayer.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

The Lucasfilm founder and longtime Disney shareholder released a statement professing his “full faith and confidence in the power of Disney and Bob’s track record of driving long-term value.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

The gratitude that he gave me an edge by professing his love for me in the interview.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins