profess
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Even as they profess admiration for one another’s work, Ruth, Jay and Leigh sink into a bog of miscommunication and antagonism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“We profess to be the best in the world in this sport,” U.S. general manager Michael Hill said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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
Once lawfully allowed in with provisional humanitarian status, they found our church — where they could be baptized and publicly profess their faith in Jesus — and legal help to begin their asylum request.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025
One experiment after another of his explores how we focus, what takes us away from what we profess to want to focus on, and whether our attention limits might even be expanded.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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