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- verb Present participle of
pledge .
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Examples
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If she disapproves it is only because ---- Oh, I suppose because one's mother always disapproves a thing that is done without her, that she has no hand in, what she calls pledging one's self to a stranger, and not knowing his antecedents, his circumstances, and so forth!
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Magazine is joining ColorLines, The Nation, and others in pledging not to use the term "illegals" to refer to people.
Sarah van Gelder: No One Is Illegal: Why YES! Magazine Is Taking the I-Word Pledge Sarah van Gelder 2010
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Brown and his aides can be heard discussing the pressure that police unions were putting on him to follow Whitman in pledging not to reduce their pensions.
Brown on defensive over Whitman remark Karen Tumulty 2010
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Brown and his aides can be heard discussing the pressure that police unions were putting on him to follow Whitman in pledging not to reduce their pensions.
Someone in Brown camp suggests calling Whitman a 'whore' Karen Tumulty 2010
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Crowds sang songs of defiance and lifted banners, some in English, pledging "peaceful protest."
Rebellion Seethes in Gulf Joe Parkinson 2011
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Magazine is joining ColorLines, The Nation, and others in pledging not to use the term "illegals" to refer to people.
Sarah van Gelder: No One Is Illegal: Why YES! Magazine Is Taking the I-Word Pledge Sarah van Gelder 2010
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By the way, the post below about Britain pledging to pay down 10% of Third World debt had an interesting factoid at the end.
09/27/2004 2004
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Increasing government revenue by boosting crude oil exports is not seen as a likely scenario since Mexico has joined other non-OPEC oil producers in pledging to cut its oil production in an effort to boost world prices.
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Increasing government revenue by boosting crude oil exports is not seen as a likely scenario since Mexico has joined other non-OPEC oil producers in pledging to cut its oil production in an effort to boost world prices.
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Crowds sang songs of defiance and lifted banners, some in English, pledging "peaceful protest."
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