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as in advises
to give advice to
adjured them not to break the drug laws of any of the countries they would be visiting
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as in instructs
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
by all that is holy, I adjure you to tell us the whereabouts of the missing child
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjures
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Beth Chatelain, a former ATF attorney who now advises gun shops at the firm Zeroed In Legal Solutions, said the changes track political tides, but won’t necessarily last.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
12 May 2026 -
One of these is Paddy Galloway, which advises creators including Jimmy Donaldson, known to the world as MrBeast, and sports creator Jesse Riedel, also known as Jesser.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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The bill instructs the Office of Cannabis Management to seek those funds.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The website instructs guests not to go to the airport, confirming that the airline carrier has officially shut down and all flights are cancelled.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The superb ensemble includes Lyudmilla Ignatenko (Jessie Buckley) as the wife of a firefighter mortally wounded in the initial hours of the disaster and the fictional Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) as a scientist who warns political leaders about the consequences of inaction.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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Real quick Canada's fentanyl czar warns more lethal synthetic opioids are on the way.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was always expected to live a quiet life — but she’s sent on an entirely different path when her mother, a general in the military, orders her to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become dragon riders, the elite of Navarre.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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The story centers on Violet Sorrengail, whose plans for a quiet life are upended when her mother, a military general, orders her to join the brutal Basgiath War College and become one of several hundred candidates vying to become dragon riders.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Judge admonishes Musk over social media use Musk is seeking $150 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, one of its largest investors, with proceeds going to OpenAI’s charitable arm.—
Deepa Seetharaman,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Deeply religious, Jean’s mother, in the film, admonishes her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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In it, Martin, who is curating the show, tells Elmo of the significance of the performance — and gets some help choosing the performers.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Turner tells him the story is already filed with the press.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Jonathan Zimmerman teaches history and education at the University of Pennsylvania.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Rooting for a hapless team for nearly two decades teaches you to find pleasures beyond victory.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Weekend nights, Cleotilde Juárez Ramírez commands this patch of sidewalk, wielding a comal the size of a satellite dish over a brazier.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Leverage in the Shadows Beyond private credit, the broader non-bank financial sector carries elevated leverage that commands the Fed’s attention.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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“Adjures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjures. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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