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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bestow.

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  • Romney is obviously betting an extremist line on immigration will help him going into South Carolina and dispel any notion that he is a "Massachusetts moderate", the label bestowed upon him by Newt Gingrich.

    David Leopold: Mitt Romney May Well Regret Kris Kobach's Endorsement David Leopold 2012

  • Romney is obviously betting an extremist line on immigration will help him going into South Carolina and dispel any notion that he is a "Massachusetts moderate", the label bestowed upon him by Newt Gingrich.

    David Leopold: Mitt Romney May Well Regret Kris Kobach's Endorsement David Leopold 2012

  • Romney is obviously betting an extremist line on immigration will help him going into South Carolina and dispel any notion that he is a "Massachusetts moderate", the label bestowed upon him by Newt Gingrich.

    David Leopold: Mitt Romney May Well Regret Kris Kobach's Endorsement David Leopold 2012

  • Even if our success is as part of a team effort, we are each unique and can never be defined by a label bestowed upon us by others or by being forced into a group or class.

    Forbes.com: News John Mariotti 2011

  • Romney is obviously betting an extremist line on immigration will help him going into South Carolina and dispel any notion that he is a "Massachusetts moderate", the label bestowed upon him by Newt Gingrich.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com David Leopold 2012

  • When people complain, the city fathers point to things such as South Bend's recent designation as an "All American City," a designation bestowed by judges who haven't visited.

    Democrats and Dying Cities William McGurn 2011

  • ✒It might seem that the title bestowed on Sir Ben Kingsley in 2002 is more trouble than it's worth.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • When people complain, the city fathers point to things such as South Bend's recent designation as an "All American City," a designation bestowed by judges who haven't visited.

    Democrats and Dying Cities William McGurn 2011

  • When people complain, the city fathers point to things such as South Bend's recent designation as an "All American City," a designation bestowed by judges who haven't visited.

    Democrats and Dying Cities William McGurn 2011

  • Unofficially, and as far as anyone around here was concerned, the neighborhood was Felony Flats, a name bestowed by police officers some years earlier because of the concentration of criminals among the citizenry.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

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