professed

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professed /prə ˈfɛst/ ?

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Instead, the boy with highlighted hair and a self-professed disdain for coach-mandated curfews went knocking on the doors of sports schools himself.
Just hours before he did it, Kemal was telling a journalist that popular Islam had become a morass of superstitions that would destroy those who professed it.
Falwell opposes apartheid, but professed faith that Botha will dismantle the system eventually, if only everyone is patient.

Based on past Obama statements, "I concluded your professed concern for the institution and the public interest was genuine and admirable," McCain wrote in a letter to Obama on Monday. "Thank you for disabusing me of such notions."
on Feb 7, 2006 By: John McCain Source: WBOC TV 16
"Sean crossed that line," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "He won't continue with us on the trip. We've always professed that there is nobody that's ever bigger than our group or bigger than the team. Sean said something that just doesn't...
on Dec 3, 2008 By: Dave Tippett Source: ESPN
"This deplorable act, committed in broad daylight and in clear view of the police...... calls into serious question officials' professed commitment to building a society that puts people first," said Sharon Hom, executive director of the New...
on Apr 7, 2009 By: Sharon Hom Source: BBC News