purvey
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Only the aptly gaudy costumes by Susan Hilferty suggest the Ziegfeldian overabundance that shows like “Funny Girl” were designed to purvey.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2022
A generation earlier, they were “the first to popularly purvey African-American spirituals in concert,” making a great impact in an 1872 American tour and a widely celebrated European tour in 1873.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021
Carol ends up at a ramshackle New Mexican community of fellow-sufferers, who purvey the mantra of self-love.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019
But the question is in the execution of these new plots, and specifically how ardently this spinoff will purvey a skewed image of justice’s inner workings, as is the tendency of Wolf’s other work.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2018
The brim was certainly a great deal flatter than I like personally, but quite in keeping with the general tastes of those who purvey meat.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 by Various
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