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take up a cause, theory, or other idea

They openly espouse an extremist ideology.

Every government would espouse the common cause.
Madison, James -- Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison
The candidate espouses Republican ideals.
But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her.
Eliot, George -- Middlemarch
It's a bargain: I accept you; I espouse your cause.
James, Henry -- The American
Would she not prefer to espouse death itself rather than that living corpse?
Leroux, Gaston -- The Phantom of the Opera
Brothers espouse the wives of their brothers, and to conclude, they observe a great number of Jewish ceremonies.
Lobo, Father -- A Voyage to Abyssinia
Say that you will espouse my cause.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- The Gods of Mars
I wish the one you espouse at present, much joy of the acquisition it has made.
Dickens, Charles -- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty
He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter.
Shakespeare, William -- King Richard III
for Henry King of England, that the said Henry shall espouse the
Shakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 2
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.
Wladyslaw Szpilman -- The Pianist
Those who espoused Melanie's side pointed triumphantly to the fact that Melanie was constantly with Scarlett these days.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
Would she not prefer to espouse death itself rather than that living corpse?
Gaston Leroux -- The Phantom of the Opera
Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, was an English politician who espoused the royalist side; he was killed in battle in the Civil War.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
The fights ceased after two days as the Communicators walked up and down the school espousing calm.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
So, get thee gone: commend me to thy lord; Withal say that the queen hath heartily consented He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter.
William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
It was about this time that Terah espoused the mother of Abraham and she was with child....
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her.
George Eliot -- Middlemarch
This was art which sprang from a cult very different from the faith espoused by St. Kevin.
Seamus Heaney -- Crediting Poetry

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