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If he doesn’t talk about China, perhaps he will expound on his views about Gary D. Cohn, the White House economic adviser with whom he frequently clashed.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2017

They never make you feel like you’re asking a stupid question and will expound on whiskeys if asked without being condescending or showy.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2016

He will expound on the archaic waste-disposal operations that once flourished on the creek, conjuring scenes of putrescent horse carcasses floating in on barges from Manhattan and docks piled with manure three stories high.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2012

His results showed a definite ether drift, which he will expound in April at the meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pessimists on either side will expound the dangers—the one, of short numbers; the others, of inadequate training.

From The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)