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Ignorance about the city we profess to love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

He continues to profess his confidence that Newey and Honda will eventually produce the best car and engine.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Both Melling and Lighton profess gratitude that a star of Skarsgård’s profile wanted to be part of “Pillion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

First, she had to stop fighting the Others, the term for the billions united in groupthink, and accept if not entirely trust that the collective love they profess to have for her is real.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025

Tony didn’t profess to know his son very well.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Regional mayors were an untested concept at the time but Burnham made the role his own - and used it to build a powerful platform, untainted by the London-centric Westminster politics he professes to despise.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

He professes a love for James Franco, drinking Guinness, thrifting, dancing in random bathrooms and delivering confessions from bed.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025

“I see no enemy to a fortunate issue but in the brow; and that brow professes to say,—‘I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Furthermore, its professed goals are not exactly realistic.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

In the probation report after the conviction, Brambles again professed his innocence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Xi Jinping must have chuckled at the president’s professed outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Though he professed to not know the mainland scene "very well", he pinpointed animation and small-scale productions as bright spots.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

The Colonel and I said nothing, while a bunch of people who didn’t know Alaska extolled her virtues and professed to be devastated, and at first, it bothered me.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

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

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Haemon will confront his father, professing the depth of his own love, when Antigone’s life is threatened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

You can see the evidence yourself: On social media, people are making teary videos professing to have rediscovered Jesus; in the comments, former atheists share stories of finding peace and purpose in prayer.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

"Furthermore, we shall diligently observe the stance adopted by Fenerbahce - an institution professing to uphold 'exemplary moral values' - in response to the reprehensible conduct exhibited by their manager."

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

The gratitude that he gave me an edge by professing his love for me in the interview.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins