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espousal

[ih-spau-zuhl, -suhl] / ɪˈspaʊ zəl, -səl /


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“This repertoire — with its contrapuntal extravaganzas, its antiphonal balances, its espousal of instruments that chuff and wheeze and speak directly to a microphone — was made for stereo,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

Her second espousal to Ramsay Bolton, another psychopath, took place in the dead of night and was festivity-free.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2022

As Travis Adkins and Judd Devermont recently pointed out in Foreign Policy, Cold Warriors both Black and White were painfully aware of the contradictions of their ringing espousal of freedom.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020

A recent study found the espousal of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience and belief in the paranormal turn out to be highly correlated with one another.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018

Lisuarte summoned his barons and nobles together, and when they had all assembled publicly announced the espousal of Amadis and Oriana.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence




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