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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It was signed by the leaders of Denmark, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain and Poland, and later endorsed by other key regional players.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
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After her announcement, Lacore was endorsed by EMILYs List, a liberal group that works to elect women to higher office, and The Bench, a new Democratic group boosting a range of candidates in competitive districts.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The platform generates full, commercially usable compositions from text prompts, with tools for editing lyrics, timing, and instrumentation, and supports multi stem downloads for traditional studio workflows.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The diplomat also said that other major powers are unlikely to support the board in its current form.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Plump (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plump%20%28for%29. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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