deserving
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This is a true dilemma — and it’s one that couldn’t happen to a more deserving network.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Robert Pattinson, “Primetime” “Matt Damon does fantastic, unshowy work in ‘The Odyssey,’ in a performance that I think is deserving of the Oscar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
In other words, starting next year, instead of sending $1,700 to the IRS, you can direct it to a scholarship for a deserving child and invest in that child’s future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Very few people favour cuts, disabled people are seen as among the most deserving recipients of support, and proposals to reduce disability benefits appear politically risky across the political spectrum."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
I wondered where they were taking him, what grievous wrong had he committed deserving of being shackled, what type of fiends the two policemen were.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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