perpetuate
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What we don't want, he added, was for an "unhealthy version of the race narrative to perpetuate", potentially escalating an already fierce rivalry in AI.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The overabundance of virtually incomprehensible gibberish in most law reviews seems to serve no purpose except to perpetuate more of the same.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
On the flip side, she said the videos also can perpetuate myths that predators such as wolves and mountain lions are more dangerous than they actually are.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Nonetheless, they have plans to cut through the fog to perpetuate expansion and boost returns.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
“You’re helping perpetuate this fraud,” he told Lori.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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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
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 problem. It creates a false equality, by eliminating any opportunity to excel.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
“I do love being at home because a lot of times that’s what perpetuates it, the home crowd, the energy,” said Roberts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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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“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed wrote on Sept. 11, 2021.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
And it was about reforming the cultural structures that created and perpetuated those systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
There is a bizarre universe built around the prestige and untouchability of the court that is first and foremost perpetuated by the people on the court.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
“Defendant’s lies to the victim clients perpetuated Girardi’s theft in real time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
But I had perpetuated the Mandela name and the Madiba clan, which is one of the basic responsibilities of a Xhosa male.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Had anyone involved in perpetuating it stopped to consider that it wasn’t harmless?
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 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 cases are using a similar script to past ones accusing pharmaceutical companies of perpetuating the opioid epidemic or tobacco companies of failing to warn about harm from cigarettes, cases that led to multibillion-dollar settlements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
At the risk of perpetuating a silly cliche, it’s not uncommon to hear people in Los Angeles refer to their psychics or mediums as casually as they refer to their therapists or masseuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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