speak in favor
Example Sentences
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Dozens of university students attended the two public hearings the City Council held on the gas ban late last year to speak in favor of the ordinance.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Audience members repeatedly chanted “shut it down” as Councilman Joe Buscaino, a longtime proponent of increased enforcement, attempted to speak in favor of the restrictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
“Requiring the company to produce the same services for same-sex couples that it produces for opposite-sex couples does not require it to speak in favor of same-sex marriage,” they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
“The conditions that we experienced there speak in favor of not necessarily going back there again,” Geisenberger told BR in December.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
The dogs would get deployed when reporters came to learn about the importance of American trade and exports or, later, to hear Barack speak in favor of Merrick Garland, his pick for the Supreme Court.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
