perpetuate
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“We still expect to see warming due to El Niño begin sometime in later summer or fall, which will perpetuate these conditions, and likely expand the warmer-than-normal region further up the coast,” Leising said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
He has advocated for removing homeless people from the streets, including with involuntary, temporary psychiatric holds, and said the city should “not perpetuate and indulge their addiction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Springsteen takes up the story and adds a moment where a man seeking what he believes is retribution against his friends decides to take another path instead and not perpetuate the cycle of violence.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026
“If this data has been absconded or downloaded, you could perpetuate fraud against every single government system in existence much more easily than at any time in our history.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
“I will perpetuate the fiction for our friend Fyrian.‘The path to Truth is in the dreaming heart,’ the Poet tells us.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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"If you don't address injustices, historic or otherwise, that in itself creates and perpetuates division," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The back-and-forth fosters confusion but also distrust, she said: "It further perpetuates the myth of like, the sketchy abortion doctor in the back alley."
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
That’s because their profitability perpetuates animation’s dismissive status as suited only for families or kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
More often than not, punishing people with addiction and applying a one-size-fits-all approach to care perpetuates a patient’s sense of isolation.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
It perpetuates the myth that the primary function of the system is to keep our streets safe and our homes secure by rooting out dangerous criminals and punishing them.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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In 2024 then–Surgeon General Vivek Murthy identified one of the main culprits: “A ‘culture of comparison’—often perpetuated online—around milestones, parenting and achievements, ‘has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind.’
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
A well-meaning attempt to mitigate suffering by collective effort instead perpetuated it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The company had "perpetuated an enormous failure on the Australian people" and would face "significant consequences", she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
At different stages of our lives, we’ve encountered these women, or we’ve been these women, we’ve perpetuated this dynamic, or we’ve also endured this dynamic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
He was a dark-faced man; his skin, perhaps from sun, was a black red, as though some Norse or perhaps Vandal blood was perpetuated in him.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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The lawsuit accuses Blanche and the DOJ of perpetuating “that disgrace” of failing to investigate or hold Epstein accountable before his death.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Platforms and products disproportionately fail us in basic safety, data privacy, transparency, and accuracy -- including perpetuating factually incorrect information about our lives."
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The U.S. has also hit some domestic-security agencies, including the Tehran headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, the powerful group responsible for defending and perpetuating the regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
People also need to be more willing to discuss race and have "hard conversations" with those perpetuating "deeply problematic" rhetoric as people do not fear any social repercussions, Strong added.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
So I decided to stay at Wilson and devote my energy to teaching literature, rather than perpetuating petty rivalries.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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