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espouse

[ih-spouz, ih-spous] / ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs /




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“Maybe the government should be slower to espouse programs that it thinks will be the new wave,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Although government lawyers who espouse such theories should not be, on those grounds, subject to professional discipline, they can—and, I think, should—generally be shunned by the profession.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Campaigning in the Wisconsin primary in Milwaukee one morning, I heard Carter espouse one position on school busing that seemed to please a predominately Black church congregation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

"I would know of no school which would have an ethos that would espouse what you are suggesting," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

"My Dear Sister, "I have endeavoured to excite and promote in the mind of my son George a desire to espouse my dear niece Caroline.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne




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