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[guhv-ern] / ˈgʌv ərn /




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Govern them and lift them up for ever.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

His “Code to Govern the Making of Motion Pictures” was the studios’ official guidebook from the 1930s until 1968.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Klain offered a succinct articulation of the Biden administration’s overarching political strategy: Govern well.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2021

Yale political scientist David Mayhew documented many of these successes in his book "Divided We Govern."

From US News • Oct. 26, 2016

A noble young fireman, by the name of John F. Govern, of No. 39 Hose Company, instantly came to the rescue, and, single-handed, held the crowd at bay.

From The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Headley, Joel Tyler




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