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How to use the word advocated in a Sentence?

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We advocated that the rights of Indigenous peoples should be written into our constitution, after more than a decade of campaigning, we were able to push for constitutional amendments, and now there is a clearer protection for our language, education and land rights.

Icyang Parod

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is my absolute honor to name the next [ replenishment oiler ] after the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ruth Bader Ginsburg is a historic figure who vigorously advocated for women's rights and gender equality.

The Navy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

No, he shouldn't have apologized. I mean, you see what happens? The mob will come after people, and they're targeting Rogan because he's threatening to upset the apple cart on some of the things that they're holding dear. And with COVID, he's just bringing opposing views. He's letting people decide. They say he's against [the COVID vaccine]. I do not listen to his show, but then I read he specifically advocated for people with co-morbidities and elderly to get vaccinated.

Casey DeSantis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Well, I think when people are going to look back at this, they're going to look at outlets like CNN, New York Times as having spewed misinformation they claim to be policing it, but if you look from the beginning, who was advocating for lockdowns? CNN and New York Times. Who is advocating for school closures? Those outlets. Who has advocated for force masking of kids? Those outlets.

Casey DeSantis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s clear Joe Biden isn’t running the show. He ran as a moderate, but the policies he’s advocated for as President have been outrageously far left, if Biden’s unpopular first year in office has told us anything, it’s that he should immediately reconsider the team pushing this liberal activist agenda to federalize our elections, defund the police, pack the courts, and spend millions of dollars at the expense of the American taxpayer – starting with the mastermind and long-time political operative, Ron Klain.

Marsha Blackburn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Under any of the tests advocated by former President Trump The, the profound interests in disclosure advanced by President Joe Biden and the January 6th House Select Committee far exceed Trump The generalized concerns for Executive Branch confidentiality.

The DC Circuit

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As a lawyer who has advocated for victims for so many years, I'm really happy to see legislation like the CVA which has really allowed all these survivors to get their day in court, i think it really speaks to more openness or acceptance in our society to believe these people.

Long Island.In his ruling

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I would encourage people to keep an eye on this decision and watch how these court cases move forward, let’s not forget Mr. Anderson and other homicide victims – all African Americans. We need to remember. The National Police Association advocated for law and order.

Betsy Brantner Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I don’t believe the IRS has applied the statute in the way advocated by Turley, i am unaware of any church, including an evangelical church, in which a candidate has spoken being subject to revocation of tax-exempt status.Turley does not cite an example.

Jan Baran

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I do n’t believe The IRS has applied the statute in the way advocated by Turley, i am unaware of any church, including an evangelical church, in which a candidate has spoken being subject to revocation of tax-exempt status.Turley does not cite an example.

Jean Baran

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I have never advocated violence.

Shawn McBreairty

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Any accusations that President Trump was intent on starting a war with China are completely unfounded, president Trump absolutely believed and advocated for a more aggressive approach to China, but he was elected to end our Nation’s wars, not start new ones. I was proud to play a small role in achieving those goals.

Director Christopher Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He is obsessed with pushing racially-divisive rhetoric and policies into every aspect of public life, if the Senate were to confirm him, they’d be giving an individual who advocated for racially segregated schools, opposed the civil rights laws of the 1960s, and who used his platform as a professor to indoctrinate young Americans in his divisive world view a seat at the highest levels of our federal government.

Tom Jones

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This moment is about the students, past and present, that relentlessly advocated for the removal of this racist monument, now is a moment for all of us BIPOC students to breathe a sigh of relief, to be proud of our endurance, and to begin healing.

Juliana Bennett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Young people need to have the ability to express themselves without worrying about being punished when they get to school, i never could have imagined that one simple snap would turn into a The Supreme Court case, but I'm proud that my family and I advocated for the rights of millions of public school students.

Brandi Levy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In the FBI’s view, the top domestic violence extremist threat comes from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, specifically those who advocated for the superiority of the White race.

Merrick Garland

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

CDI has consistently advocated for strict medication regulations so that we can confidently ensure that horses are fit to race and the races are conducted fairly, mr. Baffert’s record of testing failures threatens public confidence in thoroughbred racing and the reputation of the Kentucky Derby. Given these repeated failures over the last year, including the increasingly extraordinary explanations, we firmly believe that asserting our rights to impose these measures is our duty and responsibility.

Bill Carstanjen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Federal investigations have their time and place, but I am very concerned that this probe is just another front in the Left’s attacks on police departments, democrats in Congress and in the administration have already advocated D.C.’s takeover of local police departments; these investigations open the door for further interference by D.C. bureaucrats into local matters.

Andy Biggs

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I don't think Maxine Waters meant violence. ... Maxine Waters's never advocated violence. Maxine Waters, Maxine Waters is a passionate -- Maxine Waters believes in Maxine Waters issues. i don't think it is, but it concerns me.

The Maryland Democrat

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Who applauded the person who advocated putting a bullet in the head of the speaker of the House? i hope we are setting a clear standard for what we will not tolerate.

Jim McGovern

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We have a Washoe County school district which is face-to-face for the elementary students, five days a week and then hybrid, [ with ] an A and B schedule for middle and high school. In Silver State, we have all three models opening up. STUDENTS DEMAND TUITION CUTS AS MORE COLLEGES PIVOT TO VIRTUAL LEARNING Debates over whether to send students back to the classroom or maintain remote learning have been a polarizing and politically charged subject.PresidentTrump has advocated for schools to fully re-open across the board, while Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has pushed for a more cautiousapproach that takes into accountlocalinfection rates. Coronavirus hospitalizations in Nevada have continued to drop and the daily positivity rate has decreased to 9.1 %, according to data from the Southern Nevada Health District released last Friday. For Ricarda Braatz, sending her two kids back to school was a no-brainer. Does the risk of sending them to school outweigh the risk of keeping them at home ? I think very much so, i think that were doing a disservice by not sending them back.

Ricarda Braatz

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If you're talking about redistributing funds, I absolutely agree with that, i've advocated for mental health funds to go to communities of color since 2013. I've been advocating for treatment of drug addiction for a long time. But if you're talking about, let's just take all the police out of our community and if a crime happens, just let someone else respond, I just don't think that's realistic.

Jackie Lacey

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I've said from the start that we must have a proposal that's government-wide, science-based, so that we can really address the challenge that we face in a scientific, evidence-based way. That is not necessarily the course that has been advocated by some, but it's where we must be if we're going to end this, we have some of the best minds working 24/7, all hands on deck, to find a cure, which is of course the light at the end of the tunnel. But if we do not heed the advice of the scientific community about isolation and avoiding as much communal contact as possible — in fact none -- then the light at the end of the tunnel may be a train coming at us.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We will not create the energy and excitement we need to defeat President Donald Trump if that candidate pursued, advocated for and enacted racist policies like stop and frisk which caused communities of color in his city to live in fear, the simple truth is that Mayor Bloomberg with all his money will not create the kind of excitement and energy we need to have the voter turnout we must have to defeat President Donald Trump.

Michael Bloomberg

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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