purvey
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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
Rather, I think that the very notion of the children’s movie is, too often, a coup of marketing that comes disguised in the very virtues that the movies purvey.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2017
Much of its appeal lies in the contrast between the ostensibly stodgy actors and the outlandish tales they purvey.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
The former are treated very well, because they purvey the ideas and analysis that fuel the think tank’s operations.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2012
Widow Finkelstein smote her wig in horror and hurried back to purvey treacle.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
There’s Remnant Brewing, a taproom by night and coffeehouse by day, a vegetarian takeout eatery called Saus, and Hot Box, which purveys North Shore roast beef sandwiches, a regional specialty.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Some will love the airy cringe that White purveys here, which intensifies as this series goes deeper into its run.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2021
More damningly, his column purveys the prejudices of the people who bankroll Broadway shows.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2015
Dropping a story that purveys largely true information is indeed something that needs explaining after all.
From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2013
Thus is it that a parent's care purveys His bounty, and, exacting rigorously The price in tears, each boon's full cost defrays?
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas
Recognizability was never an issue for a clutch of business leaders who died this year, at least in terms of the products they purveyed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
That’s the image purveyed by “Unprecedented,” Alex Holder’s three-hour documentary that premiered on Discovery Plus on Sunday.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022
That’s because unalloyed optimism, which is what’s generally purveyed by corporate executives, is unhealthy for capitalism, just as living on a diet exclusively of Twinkies would be for you or me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
“It should not be construed as an endorsement of the ideas or narrative purveyed, nor of the personal conduct of the author.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2021
He purveyed him an hundred men, Well harnessed in that stead, And himself in that same set And clothed in white and red.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
He’s always taken an opposing approach from Maron, purveying raunch instead of raw honesty, channeling swagger, shock and dismissiveness as opposed to connection and intimacy.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
“Gaslight” is a hopeless old melodrama purveying woman-as-victim tropes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Researchers find it difficult to track how many men have donated semen, how many children have resulted from each individual’s donation, and how much money is spent on procuring and purveying sperm.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2019
If that didn’t sound appealing enough, Shopbop, the website currently purveying this item, describes the colors of the wool/cashmere blend sweater as carrot and leaf green.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2018
"Aristophe will go out and get it for me," he announced as Aristophe—the Lizzie—trotted about the table at lunch-time purveying us flapjacks.
From Joy in the Morning by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman
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