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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

Whether Mr. Vance’s error arose from laziness or dishonesty or something else, I don’t know, but alas it typifies the low regard he has for people who profess views he dislikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

First, she had to stop fighting the Others, the term for the billions united in groupthink, and accept if not entirely trust that the collective love they profess to have for her is real.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025

It was a strange thing to hear from a Korean man, and I wondered what circumstance would have had to arise for my father to profess openly a feeling like that.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

In the lyrics, the singer professes his love for a girl called Celeste over a melancholy piano line, saying: "I hear her voice each time I take a breath".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

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

The editor professes to find Anne’s writing “genuine and spontaneous,” but describes reviews of the 1947 Dutch edition as “over-ecstatic.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2025

Dr. Gazzaley professes to be a little conflicted by what he’s seen.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

Tritta encouraged the victim to move their communication to other messaging services where he professed his love for her, sending takeaways and a secret phone to her home.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

The subject professed great familiarity with his uncle’s work.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

He sent her videos professing his love for her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

Weeks before he was due to stand trial, after years of professing his innocence, Bryan Kohberger made a shocking decision - he was pleading guilty.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

It shouldn’t be, since it’s clear what Instagram thinks your memories are really worth, despite professing so much concern over its users’ feedback.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 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