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bestow

[bih-stoh] / bɪˈstoʊ /


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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

At the time, the Ulster Unionist Party leader Mike Nesbitt said: "This universally popular figure deserves the highest praise the nation can bestow, and a knighthood is just that."

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

She had traveled to the basilica from her home in Tabasco state to beg Guadalupe to bestow on her at least one child.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 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

“I am especially honored to bestow our first- ever Human Service Award to ... Annette Watson!”

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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