forswear
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He said this would be the "challenge for this year" as he urged leaders to "forswear wedge issues" that render their opponents their enemies.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2023
Breaking character is necessary to help Birds Aren’t Real leap to the next level and forswear actual conspiracy theorists, he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021
Council forswear knee-jerk politics in favor of a thoughtful discussion about who — and what — best serves the interests of D.C. residents.
From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2020
Lesbian identity does not require that its adherents forswear all sexual and romantic encounters they’ve ever had with men, just as bisexual identity does not require that people date men and women in equal measure.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2018
Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Vocabulary lists containing forswear
Romeo and Juliet
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Othello
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