espouse
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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
If you are ill-advised enough to espouse an heiress, you are pretty sure, sooner or later, to have her money flung in your face.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
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