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

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

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

While reading Catherine profess, “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same,” one doesn’t need the aid of a film’s visuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Liebling didn’t profess to be the best wordsmith who ever lived, but he did say that he could write faster than anyone who could write better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

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

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

In Mr. Mian’s travelogue, we meet person after person who professes adherence to Russian Orthodox Christianity, but no one speaks of salvation, sacraments or even Jesus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

To his credit, author Michael Scherer professes good intentions in featuring Kennedy in such an adulatory light: to help bridge some of the political division plaguing our country.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

Dr. Gazzaley professes to be a little conflicted by what he’s seen.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

With this time-shaping device called the Chronovisor, Father Pellegrino Ernetti professed to have seen footage of the crucified Christ and even enjoyed a lost play staged by an ancient Roman dramatist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“In the past, I supported him because of the policies he professed to support and passionately campaigned on,” Greene wrote.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 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

“Why do the Malfoys look so unhappy with their lot? Is my return, my rise to power, not the very thing they professed to desire for so many years?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

Three days later, he recanted that confession and spent the rest of his life professing his innocence, claiming that he was made a patsy for the real assassin, a man he called “Raoul.”

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025

He sent her videos professing his love for her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

I didn’t know anything at the time; Dennis had been as cryptic and evasive as ever, Jack professing nothing.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee