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espouse
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    And it was the first time in her life that she had actively espoused a Principle.†  (source)
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    McCandless conveniently overlooked the fact that London himself had spent just a single winter in the North and that he'd died by his own hand on his California estate at the age of forty, a fatuous drunk, obese and pathetic, maintaining a sedentary existence that bore scant resemblance to the ideals he espoused in print.†  (source)
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    has succumbed irrevocably to the corruptions of his class—and now poses a threat to the very ideals he once espoused.†  (source)
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    It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are too smart to be sexists.†  (source)
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    That is why "I determined to ...espouse the holy cause of Southern freedom."†  (source)
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    Mr. Fish gave no indication that he was even slightly troubled by his hypocrisy on this issue—for surely old Sagamore would roll over in his grave to hear his former master espousing canine restraints of any kind; Sagamore had run free, to the end.†  (source)
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    Is there, for example, anything stranger than that long and bloody protest of dealers in contraband salt, a legitimate chronic revolt, which, at the decisive moment, on the day of salvation, at the very hour of popular victory, espouses the throne, turns into chouannerie, and, from having been an insurrection against, becomes an uprising for, sombre masterpieces of ignorance!†  (source)
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    God allows evil to come about because mankind has espoused it, and now we are beginning to feel the burden of our own evil and imperfections.†  (source)
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    Reference other critics' opinions as a backhanded way to espouse their own.†  (source)
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    "A flock of our fellows are going to drive over by-and-by, and I'll be hanged if I don't make them buy every flower she's got, and camp down before her table afterward," said Laurie, espousing her cause with warmth.†  (source)
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    Those who espoused Melanie's side pointed triumphantly to the fact that Melanie was constantly with Scarlett these days.†  (source)
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    While we recognize an owner's right to dictate the policy of his paper on political, sociological or economic issues, we believe that a situation has gone past the limits of decency when an employer expects self-respecting men to espouse the cause of a common criminal.†  (source)
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    The fights ceased after two days as the Communicators walked up and down the school espousing calm.†  (source)
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