Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Cavil
Cavil verb - To make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant.
Usage example: caviled for hours about a single sentence
Both words in one sentence
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Cavil refuses to acknowledge that he loves Ellen as his mother but is implied to have loved her all along and sought her approval, only to believe that Ellen never loved him back.
Source: Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas - She rebelled against Cavil and saved Hera from being experimented on in an attempt to bring back resurrection.
Source: "Facing the Bullets" One-Liner -
The Cylons are also, with the exception of Cavil, firmly convinced that they have souls, and the fact that they get as many religious visions as the humans would seem to back that up.
Source: Do Androids Dream?
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