profess
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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
Even as they profess admiration for one another’s work, Ruth, Jay and Leigh sink into a bog of miscommunication and antagonism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
In regarding my Work, some Readers profess greater Feeling for what it makes than for what it says.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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Condemned by UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, castigated by fans of the game he professes to want to protect.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
They need to know what she’ll say if someone professes falling in love with her, for example, or if she’s presented with an unsafe situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
To his credit, author Michael Scherer professes good intentions in featuring Kennedy in such an adulatory light: to help bridge some of the political division plaguing our country.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025
“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
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McAfee has professed the benefits of unpasteurized milk in public libraries and chiropractor offices.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Though he professed to not know the mainland scene "very well", he pinpointed animation and small-scale productions as bright spots.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 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
"Damned time," Totti professed to his adoring faithful afterwards.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
We’d professed love, but it was love in the context of Euclid Avenue and Red Lobster and the basketball courts at Rosenblum Park.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Haemon will confront his father, professing the depth of his own love, when Antigone’s life is threatened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Three days later, he recanted that confession and spent the rest of his life professing his innocence, claiming that he was made a patsy for the real assassin, a man he called “Raoul.”
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025
Mr Candunde and Mr Phiri have been charged under Zambia's Witchcraft Act with "possession of charms", "professing knowledge of witchcraft" and "cruelty to wild animals".
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
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
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
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