as in promising
to make a solemn declaration of intent
she vowed to love him forever
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Recent Examples of vowing
Kim had also supervised two rounds of missile tests from the Choe Hyon last month while vowing to accelerate the nuclear armament of his navy.
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Democratic leaders are vowing to force votes to curb the president's war powers, stressing that a two-week ceasefire is not sufficient.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Police began cracking down Saturday, using pepper spray to help clear protesters at the Whitegate refinery in County Cork and vowing to remove others who were endangering critical infrastructure and public safety because gas shortages could prevent response by emergency services.
—Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Israel has forced out over a million people from their homes, and killed more than a thousand, in a country of some five million, vowing to hold many of these areas as buffer zones.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
And publicly vowing to be together ’til death can turn out to be nothing more than an arduous performance.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Instead, 60 of them are vowing to keep their congregation alive and have formed their own church, member Dan Henry said.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
All of these announcements coincide with lawmakers and regulators, who initially appeared caught flat-footed by the sudden rise of prediction markets, recently vowing to take action against insider trading.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Democrats are vowing to stand in the way.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Democratic leaders are vowing to force votes to curb the president's war powers, stressing that a two-week ceasefire is not sufficient.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Police began cracking down Saturday, using pepper spray to help clear protesters at the Whitegate refinery in County Cork and vowing to remove others who were endangering critical infrastructure and public safety because gas shortages could prevent response by emergency services.
—Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Israel has forced out over a million people from their homes, and killed more than a thousand, in a country of some five million, vowing to hold many of these areas as buffer zones.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
And publicly vowing to be together ’til death can turn out to be nothing more than an arduous performance.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Instead, 60 of them are vowing to keep their congregation alive and have formed their own church, member Dan Henry said.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
All of these announcements coincide with lawmakers and regulators, who initially appeared caught flat-footed by the sudden rise of prediction markets, recently vowing to take action against insider trading.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Democrats are vowing to stand in the way.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vowing
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Artificial intelligence has quickly become the defining technology of the moment—promising breakthroughs from curing diseases to making space travel more routine, while also raising fears of widespread job disruption.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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So, that development was promising.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Rams were the first contributors to the program, pledging $5 million to the campaign.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Magyar campaigned on a clean break from the existing order — a message Democrats in the United States might learn from — pledging to prosecute those who’ve enriched themselves at public expense.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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That norm changed somewhat during Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, when transcripts of White House recordings revealed his penchant for swearing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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Tensions rose, neighbors said, to the point that King was heard at times swearing at Kirsten Wells as well as others using vulgar epithets.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Vowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vowing. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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