devote

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Guillen never met Chavez but was inspired to devote herself to organizing on behalf of farmworkers after his death.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Poorer countries devote a bigger part of their incomes to essentials like food and transport than the Western hemisphere.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

"While in first-world countries, the more the money, they become more active and devote time for their health, this is reversed in India."

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

But rather than devote resources to researching the underlying issues, “we continue to try to diagnose a problem without actually speaking to the men.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

He wished Ron and Hermione both luck, then turned and climbed the marble staircase again, determined, whatever Hermione said, to devote an hour or two to the Room of Requirement.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling