21.   To boost sales, many companies are embracing popular causes as part of their advertising campaigns.

22.   With the end of the war in Kosovo, McCain has shifted his message from foreign to domestic, embracing a cause he has championed in Congress for years.

23.   A spate of high-profile kidnappings in October triggered the idea of a demonstration to repudiate violence, though it eventually embraced other causes.

24.   Puerto Rican political and religious leaders embraced their cause.

25.   Several U.S. celebrities have embraced the cause of women in Afghanistan.

26.   Spent campaign broadening his traditionally rightist ideals to embrace social causes, woo votes of women and youth.