emprise
Example Sentences
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Mike Michaelis, who hired Susan Pompeo in the 1980s to work at Emprise Bank in Wichita, Kan., where she later met her husband, described her as “very smart, able to get in front of people and be very articulate.”
From New York Times
In his guilty plea, Bowen admitted to depositing the forged checks into an account at Emprise Bank for a non-profit corporation he created called Kids On Safe Streets.
From Washington Times
Les #violencesconjugales ne sont pas des disputes de couples où les torts seraient partagés : c’est souvent un processus d’emprise sexiste, tellement ancré dans nos mentalités et dans nos pratiques que certains hommes se sont habitués à l’impunité.
From BBC
“In the whole French colonial emprise, the Kanaks have probably been those who have been despised the most, in the sense that they were seen as savages,” she said.
From Seattle Times
"In the whole French colonial emprise, the Kanaks have probably been those who have been despised the most, in the sense that they were seen as savages," she said.
From Fox News
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