as in advocating
to promote the interests or cause of
will plump for any candidate who supports stem cell research
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But Dorit Reiss, a vaccine law expert at UC Law San Francisco, said the political risk of advocating for vaccines may not be as strong among Republicans as some people assume.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Others, like Polk, have been advocating for the law to be overturned.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Who is endorsing the candidates?—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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In 1947, the United Nations adopted Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan, endorsing the establishment of two states, one Jewish and one Arab, in the land then under British mandate.—
Elad Strohmayer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Snitker was emotional, thanking Ronnie for supporting him in this career for all these decades.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Investors bought tech stocks viewed as supporting the AI infrastructure buildout and dumping those seen as threatened by its adoption.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Plumping (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumping%20%28for%29. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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