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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear.

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  • But an end to the wars combined with the pressure from the deficit could lead to real cuts in the Pentagon's base budget as well, especially if we adopt a new strategy that forswears major wars of occupation or large-scale insurgency campaigns of the kind our nation has waged in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    William Hartung: Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal William Hartung 2011

  • But an end to the wars combined with the pressure from the deficit could lead to real cuts in the Pentagon's base budget as well, especially if we adopt a new strategy that forswears major wars of occupation or large-scale insurgency campaigns of the kind our nation has waged in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    William Hartung: Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal William Hartung 2011

  • In this period romance, a Gothic novelist forswears marriage.110 HOUSE RULES Washington Square, $16 By Jodi Picoult.

    washington bestsellers Post 2011

  • However, oil exporters will need to find a way to help Greece finance its purchases of Gulf oil if it forswears Iranian crude; Athens has been getting Iranian crude on credit.

    U.S., Allies Step Up Iran Embargo Talks Jay Solomon 2011

  • But an end to the wars combined with the pressure from the deficit could lead to real cuts in the Pentagon's base budget as well, especially if we adopt a new strategy that forswears major wars of occupation or large-scale insurgency campaigns of the kind our nation has waged in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    William Hartung: Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal William Hartung 2011

  • She's like the religious leader who forswears marriage and children to better serve her flock.

    The Church of Oprah Joanne Kaufman 2011

  • He happily forswears the siren song of political popularity and judicial compromise necessary to sit in the majority.

    Twenty Years of Justice Thomas John Yoo 2011

  • Finally, given the scope of the rebuilding needs to be done, I endorse Senator Warner's criteria that the next chair be someone who is going to make a full commitment to the endeavor and forswears being on a ballot in the next four years.

    Greg Werkheiser: Thoughts on the DPVA Chair Job 2010

  • If a person forswears pleasure in order to avoid misery, what has he gained?

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • Unless and until she forswears the Executive SuperDuperPowers Bush and His Loyal Bushies have amassed, and acknowledges that the Iraq misadvanture wasn't just badly run but tragically, ludicrously ill-conceived and fundamentally immoral, no clear-headed progressive should view her as anything more than the perpetuation of the two-family dynasty.

    Right Wingers Organizing To Attack Hillary 2009

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