as in to advocate
to promote the interests or cause of
will plump for any candidate who supports stem cell research
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Local residents have advocated for a more permanent solution to the violent elephant encounters, and for the families of the deceased to be compensated.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026 -
The Department of Angels is a nonprofit organization that advocates for wildfire survivors.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Surely, these federal workers endorse truth, justice and the American way of ignoring traffic laws.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Many use-of-force policies adopted by police departments endorse that principle.—
Ben Jones,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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Invest in fiction written by humans and so support human creativity, vocations, and organic economies?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Football Association of Ireland passed the resolution, proposed by Irish club Bohemians, with more than 50% of its delegates supporting it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Plump (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plump%20%28for%29. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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