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In January, he warned against "two-faced cadres" who profess political loyalty but defy orders and act in their self-interest.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Tal said he sought to profess genuine regret without confessing something he didn’t do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The three men all addressed the court, continuing to profess their innocence.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Similarly, those in the media or the foreign policy establishment who profess dismay that China’s rulers now view the U.S. as a global equal are also failing to observe the obvious.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

"I command you once more, in King Joffrey's name, to prove the loyalty you profess and open these gates," said Ser Amory.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Florian Zeller’s “Bunker” at least implicates its characters in the politics it professes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

“The mask slips—again,” Glass said, adding that China should behave like the good neighbor in Asia it professes to be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

But Bonneville professes to be a huge Christmas fan.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

The first, which will perhaps become increasingly important in an inquisitive age which professes to still value privacy, makes it possible to obtain sensitive information about a group of people without compromising any person’s privacy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

"It's the end of the glitter," professed president Nasser Al-Khelaifi after years of lavish spending, ushering out the "flashy, bling-bling" era.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

In the mindbending documentary “You Can See Everything,” comedian Nathan Fielder and professed inventor Elizabeth Holmes sit in her beach house staring at each other like gunslingers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

There is a contrast here between the professed desire for caution in theory and pedal to the metal in practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The next thing I think you start seeing is the court becoming interested in, despite its professed adherence to textualism, reading these statutes with an eyebrow raised.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

As she talked, she bobbed her head back and forth to the MTV music, even though the song was the kind of manufactured pop ballad she professed to hate.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

Mrs. Paxton released an ad professing to address “the elephant in the room,” in which she urged Texans to get “the whole team across the finish line”—without naming her estranged husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Then there were the officials whose job is literally to know things, professing not to know anything.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Even before the GPT-2 paper, A.I. insiders have been issuing apocalyptic, god-in-the-machine proclamations about this software, professing fears that observers rarely followed up on and that almost never lived up to scrutiny.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

After the Edwards' crisis, it launched a review of its culture, professing its intention to stamp out bad behaviour.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

Aerys Targaryen must have thought that his gods had answered his prayers when Lord Tywin Lannister appeared before the gates of King's Landing with an army twelve thousand strong, professing loyalty.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin