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

Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson rejected that plan, saying it would perpetuate the whales' exploitation.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Both books show how enslaved people exerted pressure against slaveholders, militias and the political leaders who sought to perpetuate systems of forced labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 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