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forswear

[fawr-swair] / fɔrˈswɛər /


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U.S. diplomats asked both to forswear making nuclear fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

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

To be clear, no one is demanding that members of Congress forswear holding all stock.

From Washington Post Jan. 16, 2022

That is partly because more companies are targeting omnivores who seek to reduce the amount of meat they eat, rather than forswear it altogether.

From Seattle Times Sep. 12, 2021

“I thought you did not want the crown! Only yesterday, before we wed, you said you would forswear Denmark’s throne.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The majority forswears any interest in going after other rights similarly grounded in the right to privacy.

From Washington Post Jun. 24, 2022

It is the rare writer who forswears this paradigm through pessimism or scruple.

From New York Times May 19, 2020

Wotan builds Valhalla to compensate for a loveless marriage; Alberich forswears love to forge the Ring.

From The New Yorker Oct. 10, 2016

That is the voice of today's latest edge, which forswears normality and happiness for the inevitable doom.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2015

Gerard lxi, lxvii, Brother Emerson ccliv, takes a bribe lxix, forswears himself lxvii, ccxviii, dies miserably lxxix.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

These Asian nations forswore nukes because they trusted in American power.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2023

Those fortunes we forswore, now the future we foresee,

From Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2021

The two Koreas first forswore nuclear weapons in a solemn agreement in 1992, shortly after America removed tactical nuclear weapons from its bases in South Korea.

From Economist Jun. 7, 2018

The smell is so bad that it contaminates across space and time, sullying even its closest relative, Parenthood, another show about yuppies that forswore anything but uplifting resolution and ultimately turned all tribulations into celebrations.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2016

Embittered, Burdock Muldoon forswore any further attempts to integrate non-wizard members of the magical community into the Wizards’ Council.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

They have forsworn normalcy, these holy fools in decaying mansions.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

“Director” may be the wrong word, though; the onscreen credit is simply “by” Harmony Korine, who has apparently forsworn any impulse to control his material.

From New York Times May 9, 2024

Staying off coffee — which Warren has forsworn — is tough amid the marathon days, but the rules allowing only water and milk on the Senate floor help.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2020

But as Justice Sonia Sotomayor reminded Clement, “The city has forsworn any future prosecution for past violations.”

From Slate Dec. 2, 2019

"If you do not return, the whole realm will know you forsworn."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

It’s as if by forswearing the evanescent experience of real-life performing, Glenn Gould gave himself eternal fame.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2024

For Foley, who months earlier had pleaded with Attorney General William Barr to pursue justice by forswearing the death penalty, the fact the case was proceeding at all felt miraculous.

From Seattle Times Nov. 29, 2020

So I can understand how someone who doesn’t would find it really difficult to bear—but I also know that forswearing garlic entirely would mean a real reduction in joy and pleasure for someone who does.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2020

In the campaign, Mr. Johnson stuck to a disciplined strategy, forswearing the clownishness that has characterized his political career.

From New York Times Dec. 12, 2019

Then, whoever of us would be saved, must needs begin by forswearing, altogether, both the language and the actions of his fellow-men.

From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Arnold, Thomas




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