pontificate
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Leo has made AI a signature issue of his pontificate.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Aged 70 and in good physical shape, he could have a long pontificate ahead of him.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
And as Mother Russia Mr. Turner is uproariously funny, interrupting the proceedings to rant and pontificate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis made many impassioned remarks on the war in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Strip "shamefull".
From BBC • May 5, 2025
They pontificate upon the fluffiness of the popcorn, the sweetness of the chocolate.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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