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We are also a species insufficiently grateful, it seems, for the favors flowers bestow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

So you’ll have to wait until next fall to see the Recording Academy bestow Swift with her eighth nomination for album of the year, as indeed it’s sure to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

Twenty-one percent of managers say Tesla is the market’s most richly valued stock, while 13% bestow the “honor” on Nvidia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

The president also told reporters that he’d always wanted to be honored by the Kennedy Center, joking that he muscled his way into the institution to bestow the award on himself.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2025

“I beg your pardon, Yollo. You need not look so pale, I was only playing with you. The Prince of Sorrows does not bestow his grey kiss lightly.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Supporters think the passage bestows citizenship on virtually any person born in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

In order to truly feel the benefit and gift that this money bestows, you clearly need to make sure it makes a difference elsewhere, too.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

“No,” he added, “it is the office of the president that bestows those far-reaching protections to the office holder.”

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

She bestows Truthsayers to select houses and denies others, including her own.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2024

By not repeating them, he will be able to make men feel secure and win them over with the benefits he bestows upon them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Polish Order of the White Eagle was bestowed on Zelensky in 2023 by then-President Andrzej Duda.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Britain’s Prince Harry bestowed its name on the athletic games he created for wounded soldiers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

It didn’t take long for Bogle to identify a sliver of daylight in the mandate bestowed upon his new firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Their impeccable hearing and quick thinking were rewarded by the Austrian emperor, who bestowed the pretzel bakers with their own coat of arms featuring two lions holding a massive pretzel.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

The Athenians gladly received the many gifts she bestowed upon them.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

The biggest engines are often installed in pairs or quads, bestowing “Miami Vice”-style speed on large vessels packed with creature comforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

It was here, in 2017, that Xi hosted Trump, bestowing on his guest an honour not granted to any US president since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

It's as if he's bestowing on the people a special gift from the king and they should be grateful to him personally.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2024

More recently, he could be heard growling "This is CNN", conveying urgency and bestowing gravitas on the US news channel's tagline.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024

Each year around June when the rains came, its waters would gather in might, churning with rich silt, flooding the plains, and bestowing abundant harvests for farmers and catches for fishermen.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo