vow
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Losing Catherine to Edgar, the heir of Thrushcross Grange, prompts Heathcliff, the perpetual outsider, to vow vengeance; he maneuvers to gain financial control of both houses with the aim of destroying each one’s inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
And atop my namesake, every year military recruits are sworn into the Israel Defense Forces and repeat the vow: “Masada shall not fall again.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Other pledges have proven harder to fulfill, like the prime minister's vow to double the number of homes built annually in Canada to bring down costs.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked his 100th day in office on Sunday with a rally to tout early successes and vow to follow through on his unabashedly "socialist" agenda.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
No one replying, I said to Bono, “We must seek a place where we can vow to live in more perfect unity.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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