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deliberately

[dih-lib-er-it-lee] / dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt li /


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Wahi, 23 - who started Sunday's World Cup win over Ecuador – has been accused of deliberately earning a yellow card while playing for Nice against Metz in May.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

"Our current plan is, with the help of parliament, get the Digital Fairness Act amended to include the issue of prohibiting publishers from deliberately disabling customer purchases," they said.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

While a further increase in borrowing costs is possible, Lane said the ECB isn’t committed to any rate path and is deliberately “drawing a veil over where we might go in the future.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

So we really deliberately and really defiantly tried to embrace the identity crisis of the character in how we told the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Austria-Hungary, determined to hold its rickety empire together, suspected Russia of deliberately encouraging unrest.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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