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espouse

[ih-spauz, ih-spaus] / ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs /




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"I have no doubt whatsoever that the people who espouse theories like those promoted by this individual will continue to disseminate them," Nunez added, referring to some French politicians.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

“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

Claude itself admitted, in a recent interaction with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that even AI companies that espouse a moral commitment to something like privacy shouldn’t necessarily be trusted.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026

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

From place to place he went, wherever there was need of some brave champion to espouse a weak ones cause.

From The Jester's Sword How Aldebaran, the King's Son Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

He largely espouses esoteric prognostications of how 8 billion human deaths could be wrought by hostile machines, and even though many that admit this outcome is unlikely, it takes up a lot of their attention.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

San Francisco-based satellite operator Planet Labs espouses a mission “to accelerate humanity toward a more sustainable, secure, and prosperous world by illuminating environmental and social change.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

It enables India to work with some of its closest friends in an expanding organisation that espouses principles close to India’s heart, from multilateralism to embracing the Global South.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024

Courageous in his commitment to scientific truth, he espouses opinions that can strike us as elitist and illiberal today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

When you see the man," interposed her uncle, "you will understand why Miss Defourchet espouses his cause so hotly.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various

For a city that’s espoused much pride in its military history, the nature of the theft was as much an insult as it was an injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is … not the same as violence,” Attiah said in another post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Jørgensen worked in a co-working space shared with colleagues and espoused “the Novo Nordisk way,” telling “60 Minutes”: “The values are based on ordinary human decent values.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Here, punk bands truly espoused the music’s DIY ethos, and were more culturally diverse.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father’s cause and the Doctor remained neutral.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

And repetition – espousing the same ideas again and again – was an effective tactic.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

Curtis smiled and repeated what he has been espousing since the early 2000s: “You can’t really trust a computer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Perhaps the most committed advocate is Dutchman Wim Hof, who has made a career of espousing its purported health benefits.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

He added: "Anyone espousing extremist views or who expresses support for terrorism, or racial or religious hatred of any kind, including antisemitism, who is not a British citizen, should be removed from this country."

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Forty years later he’d still be espousing ideas put forth by Armstrong and the Plain Truth.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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