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“We were providing them with data they thought was valuable that they want to replicate on their own using the best practices we could bestow on them,” Abramson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

We are also a species insufficiently grateful, it seems, for the favors flowers bestow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Australians demand success against Australia to bestow respect upon an opposing player.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

In response to outcry over the plan to include Suharto, Prabowo's office had insisted he has the right to bestow the title upon whomever he chooses.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

Every time the girls are tested, she cannot soften a temperament or bestow talent.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Supporters think the passage bestows citizenship on virtually any person born in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

In order to truly feel the benefit and gift that this money bestows, you clearly need to make sure it makes a difference elsewhere, too.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

“No,” he added, “it is the office of the president that bestows those far-reaching protections to the office holder.”

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

Redemption implies salvation or forgiveness, two graces Lorraine lacks for strangers and barely bestows on loved ones.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2024

By not repeating them, he will be able to make men feel secure and win them over with the benefits he bestows upon them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Polish Order of the White Eagle was bestowed on Zelensky in 2023 by then-President Andrzej Duda.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Britain’s Prince Harry bestowed its name on the athletic games he created for wounded soldiers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

In 2004, Sir Elton was awarded fellowship of the Ivors Academy, and his old collaborator, the late George Michael, also had that honour bestowed upon him on Thursday - 10 years after his death.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

The name “Atatürk,” bestowed by Turkey’s Grand National Assembly in 1934, means “Father of the Turks,” and it is Ms. Hansen’s argument that Mr. Erdogan is committing ideological patricide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

This good gift he bestowed upon men as well as upon the gods.

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

The puppet scenes, bestowing a belated yet supremely deserved spotlight on Abuela Julia, are the most original and haunting aspect of a production that too often flails for effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

She said the moratorium would last until April 2026, while a review committee looks into the "criteria and processes associated with bestowing official funerals".

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

It's as if he's bestowing on the people a special gift from the king and they should be grateful to him personally.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2024

Oscar voters lined up behind a classic studio blockbuster on Tuesday, bestowing 13 nominations on Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” the most for any movie, and setting up the long-awaited coronation of Nolan as Hollywood’s leading filmmaker.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

“This is a gay figure, Pip,” said she, making her crutch stick play round me, as if she, the fairy godmother who had changed me, were bestowing the finishing gift.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens