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The magazine had profiled the U2 singer, and Bono had wanted to show how he had been expanding his artistic ambitions into visual art.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2023

Fox channel’s revival of “America’s Most Wanted” had profiled their case only days earlier.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

So I wanted to go back and I talked to Dan Rather, who had profiled him.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2019

Her passion was directing summer theater — The Pioneer had profiled her — and she attended Bible study with her co-workers each Tuesday after the paper went online.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2019

It was on his arm that Gonzalo most leaned in the hour of danger; and well had it been for him, if he had profiled by his counsels at an earlier period.

From History of the Conquest of Peru by Prescott, William Hickling