Thesaurus / espouse
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We have sent our young to fight espousing these values, but we send them off to countries most Americans couldn’t locate on a map, and few really care about.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR ANYMOREKARL MARLANTESAUGUST 26, 2021TIMEThis, she said, was a walking back of the “facial freedom” the administration had previously espoused.
A CHILD IN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE’S DISTRICT DIED OF COVID. SHE’S STILL ATTACKING MASKS AND THE VACCINE.PHILIP BUMPJULY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTDuterte has recently started espousing vaccinations as the country’s way out of the crisis, but its inoculation program didn’t begin until March, using donated CoronaVac jabs from China.
'MEDICAL POPULISM' HAS DEFINED THE PHILIPPINES' RESPONSE TO COVID-19. THAT'S WHY THE COUNTRY IS STILL SUFFERINGAIE BALAGTAS SEE / MANILAJUNE 28, 2021TIMEProfessors probably will start to “play it down the middle,” he said, and not address controversial viewpoints for fear of being accused of espousing them.
IN PUSH AGAINST ‘INDOCTRINATION,’ DESANTIS MANDATES SURVEYS OF FLORIDA COLLEGE STUDENTS’ BELIEFSCAROLINE ANDERSJUNE 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe constitution’s framework still espouses gender-based discrimination, particularly surrounding citizenship.
SLAVE 4 U: BRITNEY SPEARS & CONSERVATORSHIPSEAN CULLIGANJUNE 21, 2021OZYIn our country, espousing an extremist ideology is not a crime.
EVEN THE TERRORIST THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES IS NOW PARTISANPHILIP BUMPMAY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBy itself, this is a problematic position for a former president to hold, much less to espouse publicly.
A VIVID REMINDER THAT THE THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY REMAINSPHILIP BUMPMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTGwen Whiting and Lindsey Boyd, co-founders of The Laundress, espouse a similar approach to eco-friendly laundry soaps and care.
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU’RE DOING WRONG? LAUNDRY. DON’T WORRY, A NEW BOOK OFFERS HOPE.JOHN KENNEYMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTViews espoused by an extremist at CPAC merely reinforce the views of other extremists.
THERE’S NOTHING CONSERVATIVE ABOUT CPACMICHAEL GERSONFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA year later, at least one person who had espoused the same views would win a seat in Congress.
HOUSE PUNISHES REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER WHO PROMOTED VIOLENT CONSPIRACY THEORIESTAYLOR HATMAKERFEBRUARY 5, 2021TECHCRUNCHWORDS RELATED TO ESPOUSE
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.