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harboring

verb as in hold in imagination

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She confessed to harboring a “creeping concern that [Edward Snowden] is not who he purports to be.”

Apart from the Donald Sterlings among us, most people are about as guilty of deliberately harboring prejudice as we are talking.

She was convicted of merely harboring illegal immigrants, not exploiting them.

Most people would not suspect Robert Mugabe of harboring a guilty conscience.

Are these not the words of someone harboring anti-Muslim bias?

He captured two, whom he shot, and burned two or three houses whose owners had been harboring the gang.

He knew nothing of their reason for being in Paris, and had no idea that he was harboring dangerous characters.

We have come with authority from headquarters to search your house, Madam; we understand you are harboring rebels.

A fine of $1,000 and six months' imprisonment was to be imposed on any person harboring a fugitive slave or aiding him to escape.

But Dotty did not know that her cousin Johnny was harboring such bitter thoughts against her.

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On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to harboring, such as: shelter, suppress, conceal, accommodate, nurture, and safeguard.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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