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[vou] / vaʊ /




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Tributes on Chinese social media revived Zhu’s most quotable lines, including his vow that he had prepared “100 coffins, 99 for corrupt officials and one for myself.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“All current ticket holders for LA Jazz Festival events will be refunded in full within 30 days. We apologize deeply for this situation and vow to make this right over time.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

If you have $35,000 in credit-card debt, not only should you cut up your cards, you should take the pieces and burn them on a pyre and vow never to make this mistake again.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Warsh, in prepared remarks released Tuesday, is set to vow that the central bank will rid the United States of the years-long "inflation surge."

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Those who beheld it were bound by a vow of silence and they kept it so well that we know only stray bits of what was done.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The couple kept their eyes locked on each other and sealed their vows with a kiss under a grove of eucalyptus trees.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Kevin Warsh, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, vows that he’s going to do his darndest to bring inflation back down to the central bank’s official 2% target.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Similarly, the Independent has the headline: "Burnham vows to be 'circuit-breaker' PM as he purges cabinet".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The ceremony, per tabloid reporting, was interminable, with both bride and groom delivering a 20-minute set of vows.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

She had invoked the Mother’s mercy, appealing to the natural sympathy of one woman for another, but the three shriveled septas must have put their womanhood aside when they spoke their vows.

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

Marwa said the arrests demonstrated what could be achieved when international agencies worked together and vowed to pursue other members of the network.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2022 and vowed never to relinquish its weapons, of which it is estimated, external to possess dozens.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

One project that comes in for particular criticism is the costly free school meals programme, Prabowo's signature project which he vowed Friday to pursue "but with improvements and efficiency."

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The visa revocation comes soon after senior U.S. officials described Mexico as a country controlled by drug traffickers and vowed to pursue Mexican officials who collude with the nation’s powerful cartels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

She vowed that he would not evade her company so easily the next time he came.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

"We take note of it and respect this decision, which applies to everyone," he said on X, vowing to continue fighting against what he described as "a deadly poison for our children".

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The Daily Mirror says Davis is vowing to live "in as fun a way as I possibly can".

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

“With the MOF joining forces with the U.S. Treasury and vowing to intervene, even a slightly softer CPI report could bode well for USD/JPY bears,” Simpson adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

While preparing for the country’s planned celebration of its 250th birthday, Trump decided to do a little housecleaning and update the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, vowing to make it better than ever.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

A bitter Jackson set off for the White House, believing that the vicious attacks on his wife had caused her death and vowing revenge on his political opponents.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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