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vouchsafe

[vauch-sayf] / vaʊtʃˈseɪf /


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“And it’s my first time at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival. I suppose, given the circumstances, it’s OK to vouchsafe my secrets or at least one secret about this book.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

And requiring that staff safeguard themselves and others is not “socialism”; it’s a necessity to vouchsafe the public welfare.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2021

All of my life, I had never rid myself of the preposterous idea that someday Young would vouchsafe to me some life-altering truth, until one day it happened.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2019

Only regarding the next can we vouchsafe certainty.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 14, 2018

"To vouchsafe for our good intentions, my brother Ser Perwyn will remain here until she is safely returned to you."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

We secure the latter firmly to the couch; the former vouchsafes to deliver a stream of car chases and oh-no-they-locked-themselves-in-the-walk-in-freezer episodes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although federal law vouchsafes a right to interpreters, financially strapped hospitals often slide by with a minimum of service.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Be satisfied, my dear, that while I have my Senses, and God vouchsafes me this Protection, I shall do nothing unworthy the Character of an honest Man, and one that loves his Family."

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

Ma in kati quiere decir no quiero, ellos lo escriben a partes desta manera:— This is all on the subject the bishop vouchsafes us.

From The Ancient Phonetic Alphabet of Yucatan by Daniel Garrison Brinton

My dear fellow," I answered, "when Providence vouchsafes one such opportunities, it would be scarcely respectable on a mere mortal's part to neglect them.

From Long Live the King by Guy Boothby

Being in Iran hasn’t vouchsafed them much happiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

God has vouchsafed to me a priceless gift in the weapon of ahimsa.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

But is he listing what he actually saw, or what was vouchsafed to him in the euphoric act of seeing?

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018

If there were any safety guidelines in place, they were not vouchsafed to me.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016

The gods had not even vouchsafed him that much.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

A pivotal battleground would be in the Central Valley, where spraying of the herbicide is common l and agricultural groups defend it as an essential tool in controlling weeds and vouchsafing the food supply.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2017

Instead, Mr. Pence has thrown himself into the work with relish, constantly vouchsafing the character of “this good man” Donald Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2016

I thank Mr. Nichols for vouchsafing us that glimpse of a watershed opening night in American drama, an uncommon gift from one theater lover to many others.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2012

Lahiri speaks quietly and deliberately, vouchsafing only the occasional smile.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was piqued at the stranger in the Landwehr cap not vouchsafing him a salute, although he must have seen the officer's badge on his coat, and determined to ignore him.

From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann


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