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When reminiscing about films or promulgating his ideas on technique, Kurosawa comes across as approachable and marvelously unassuming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

All state matters were rigorously scrutinized by Louis, and he spent hours planning troop movements, overseeing the building of roads and canals, and promulgating legal codes for France’s colonies.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

By promulgating knowledge of how white supremacy works, the theory goes, racial justice can be advanced.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

The plaintiffs have broadly – and now successfully – argued that Jones stood to gain from promulgating damaging conspiracies about the tragedy.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021

He advocates bimetallism with the passionate ardour of a prophet promulgating a new revelation.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 by Various