as in promising
to make a solemn declaration of intent
she vowed to love him forever
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Recent Examples of vowing
Iran’s foreign minister struck a hard-line tone Sunday, vowing Tehran will maintain its uranium enrichment program despite Western pressure.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
There’s been a surge of TikTok videos of people vowing to delete social media apps in 2026 and engage more with in-person and analog hobbies.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
The music video interposes clips of a nation on fire—thieves and looters running rampant, protesters spitting in cops’ faces—with footage of Aldean and his band playing in front of a courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, vowing to deliver justice.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Trump has long promised to end the bloodshed in Eastern Europe, vowing to end the war quickly while on the 2024 campaign trail.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
Organizers are vowing to use entirely renewable energy to power the cannons which should guarantee sufficient cover for the 116 Olympic medal events scheduled over 17 days.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
China criticized the European Union’s in-depth probe into subsidies for Chinese wind power companies, calling the move protectionist and vowing it would take action to protect the country’s interests.
—Alfred Cang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Eleven years after Maddy Schaffrick walked away, vowing to never climb on a snowboard again, she was headed to her first Winter Olympics at 31 years old.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Trump entered office in 2017 vowing to right the injustices caused by liberal globalists.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
There’s been a surge of TikTok videos of people vowing to delete social media apps in 2026 and engage more with in-person and analog hobbies.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
The music video interposes clips of a nation on fire—thieves and looters running rampant, protesters spitting in cops’ faces—with footage of Aldean and his band playing in front of a courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, vowing to deliver justice.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Trump has long promised to end the bloodshed in Eastern Europe, vowing to end the war quickly while on the 2024 campaign trail.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
Organizers are vowing to use entirely renewable energy to power the cannons which should guarantee sufficient cover for the 116 Olympic medal events scheduled over 17 days.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
China criticized the European Union’s in-depth probe into subsidies for Chinese wind power companies, calling the move protectionist and vowing it would take action to protect the country’s interests.
—Alfred Cang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Eleven years after Maddy Schaffrick walked away, vowing to never climb on a snowboard again, she was headed to her first Winter Olympics at 31 years old.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Trump entered office in 2017 vowing to right the injustices caused by liberal globalists.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vowing
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The Council of Fashion Designers and OpenAI are launching an Innovation Hub, a two-year initiative designed to bring together promising CFDA members and cutting-edge AI builders to drive innovation, creativity and growth across the fashion industry.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Echoes of Apple’s legendary ‘1984’ Super Bowl ad By drawing a hard line in the sand—promising no ads—Anthropic has executed a classic brand strategy, Galloway said.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Wealthy donors are pledging to contribute to these accounts.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 1986, during a summit meeting in Iceland, Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan surprised their staffs as well as the world by pledging the abolition of all nuclear weapons.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Still, in general, experts agree that many people find swearing rude and disrespectful, so with kids of any age, parents should do their best to model socially-acceptable language and discuss the potential present and future impact of using dicey words.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Milwaukee-area refugees passed their naturalization exams and were days away from swearing allegiance to the United States at an oath ceremony.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Vowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vowing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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