as in preaches
to deliver a sermon
did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize, especially to other world leaders
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Trump’s version of Christianity instead preaches no mercy for those against him, demands followers exalt him above everything, celebrates the gaudy instead of the godly.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Talk is talk, and the field would prove what values Florida actually preaches.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Sermonizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermonizes. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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