espouse

Example Sentences

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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

"This is wholly unacceptable and does not align with the values and behaviours that we espouse or endorse as a service," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 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

It is obvious why the people espouse the policy, but it will not do to have it become the dominant policy.

From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Frank, Ulrich