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purvey

[per-vey] / pərˈveɪ /


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Tourism is one of the Bahamas’ principal economic engines, and Bey is all too familiar with its abuses: low wages and 12-hour shifts at outposts that are outwardly purveying luxury to the world.

From Los Angeles Times

Some will love the airy cringe that White purveys here, which intensifies as this series goes deeper into its run.

From Salon

Now interpellations happen all over the place, whenever someone addresses someone else and seeks to purvey an idea or prompt a course of action.

From Salon

Different island visitors have more tasks to put gamers to work: catching fish competitively in “seasports,” buying turnips to sell on the “stalk market” and purveying artwork that may be real or forged.

From Washington Post

Journalism should, as a profession, establish fair and objective standards and procedures for censuring journalists and media for purveying egregious falsehoods and patterns of lying.

From Washington Post