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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestow (on or upon)
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The Return provided a world big enough to encompass both the lo-fi hijinks of the Twin Peaks sheriff’s department and the utter darkness of hell on Earth.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025 -
A number of police advisers contracted to provide support to the mission and the police by the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs were issued stop-work orders last week.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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The legislation was akin to the World War II Lend-Lease Act, in which equipment is supplied at no cost and is to be used until returned or destroyed.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, Lillian Ross’s became the cool tone of American journalism for the next fifty years, as Tom Wolfe supplied its hot one.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Hertz opened the gate and greeted me warmly, clad in Blundstones and black wind-resistant gear.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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The entertainment included performances by at least one topless dancer who at the end was clad only in a G-string.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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The trucks are equipped with chrome front grille deflectors that may fracture and may detach from the vehicle, according to the recall report.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The bodycam footage shows the 20-year-old Perez-Feliciano armed with a firearm equipped with a laser sight.—
Staff Reports,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2025
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