Excuse
Verify
Verify verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Both words in one sentence
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He does, and, contrary to the trope, he hates it (it turns out, though, that Loud just wanted him to verify his distaste for it, because it provides an excuse for him and his friends to not eat it themselves).
Source: I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham
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Verify and Excuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excuse/verify
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