perpetuate
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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
Nonetheless, they have plans to cut through the fog to perpetuate expansion and boost returns.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
“It was all the demands, and that everything one did was to perpetuate the album, the tour, maybe the next record,” she recalls.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Why would these young men openly endorse and perpetuate the very stereotypes that are invoked to justify their second-class status, their exclusion from mainstream society?
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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