honorable
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But the feeling that America brought the attack on itself pervaded Europe’s political class and commentariat—with honorable exceptions, including Tony Blair, the U.K.’s prime minister, who forever earned my gratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He received honorable mention in the Edwin Hood Prize for diplomatic reporting from the National Press Club in 1998.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“It would have been more honorable to have been an anonymous thief in the night,” Savery said at Monday’s hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
“The discrepancy between the honorable conduct expected of federal prosecutors and DOJ’s tactics in this case is unsettling,” McElroy wrote.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Claudia could have kept her doubts to herself, but she was an honest child, an honorable child.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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