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vow

[vou] / vaʊ /




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For the new Gen Z lawmakers of Nepal, they vow to hold their new government accountable to an electorate with huge expectations and hungry for change.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He’s following through on his vow to spend $1.5 trillion in fiscal 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Governments love anything they can tax, and simultaneously vow never to get left behind on a new technology wave by China ever again.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The girl’s name comes from carpe diem, as in Kenna’s vow to seize the child she never got to hold, but the script has the restraint not to make a big standing-on-a-desk speech about that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

And yet he knew that until he made the vow he would never find the strength.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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