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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
preach .
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Examples
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I ask a man into the rose-garden to make love to me and he preaches to me instead -- _preaches to me_! of the world, the flesh and the devil, _par exemple_!
Madcap George Gibbs 1906
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Compare what actually happened with this guy, and his real characteristics as a person, not some character on 24: his radicalization had a lot to do with alienation from his father, a banker whose profession al-Awlaki preaches is prohibited by the Koran.
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The DNC refuses to listen to constituents and are all determined to pass healthcare as Feinstein preaches reform!
Top Dem aide: 'Significant policy issues' could still derail deal 2009
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Whether he practices what he preaches is for a court to decide.
Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010
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If a chaplain preaches against homosexuality, he could conceivably be disciplined as a bigot under the military's nondiscrimination policy, the retired chaplains say.
Retired Chaplains Come Out Against DADT Repeal, Citing 'Religious Freedom' AP 2010
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Whether he practices what he preaches is for a court to decide.
Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010
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If a chaplain preaches against homosexuality, he could conceivably be disciplined as a bigot under the military's nondiscrimination policy, the retired chaplains say.
Retired Chaplains Come Out Against DADT Repeal, Citing 'Religious Freedom' AP 2010
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To bring shame upon Bill Clinton, and to stand firm in opposition to those who want Mr. Sanford to practice what he preaches is just another example of todays Republican .......
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If a chaplain preaches against homosexuality, he could conceivably be disciplined as a bigot under the military's nondiscrimination policy, the retired chaplains say.
Retired Chaplains Come Out Against DADT Repeal, Citing 'Religious Freedom' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Posner, like others in the media, had to admit that Palin was more evangelical than Pentecostal, but no matter—Pentecostalism was still the problem for Salon, which declared, The church where Sarah Palin grew up and was baptized preaches some of the most extreme religious views in the nation.
LOSING OUR RELIGION S. E. CUPP 2010
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