respect
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It is built around understanding, empathy and respect but also emphasises the importance of boundaries.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Schmidt said Canadian soldiers and American soldiers routinely train together, and share a mutual respect.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
If you don’t want to respect it, why even bother?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Captain Teena Goswami, who worked with Machchhar at SpiceJet, first met him in 2019 and remembered him as a calm, humble captain who treated junior pilots with respect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
SABIO: I have nothing but respect for my fellow scientists.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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In paying respects to LeBron James’ eight years with the Lakers, Rob Pelinka referred to his time as “an incredible era for us here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
While they may inhabit a different world than the rest of us in other respects, they live and die along with the rest of the investment world when it comes to investing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“This is, in many respects, a time that comes once or twice every century,” Carney told the media gathered in New York.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
In many respects what we’re looking at is the ungentle amortization of Toyota’s last-generation global EV technology, rather than the next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Reading back over this, I feel that in some respects I’ve done Bunny an injustice.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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They were able to get Merlot grapes from Three Palms Vineyard, a respected vineyard in the area, and decided to give Merlot a try.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"I always felt in England, people respected me because I was fast and I pressed but they never actually respected the quality and IQ that I play with," Gordon told ITV.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Now a respected New Yorker magazine writer promoting his forthcoming book on the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Michael is contacted by Lou, who has been flailing since returning to the States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Speaking after a meeting with the country's prime minister Albin Kurti, von der Leyen said the court's "mandate must be fully respected".
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
With enthusiasm, most newly arrived migrants set out to become a respected part of their adopted city.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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Pledging love and respecting someone or a relationship can make people feel so uncomfortable that leaning into these tropes of life can feel humorous, and that’s where the laughs from a Hallmark film come from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But I can’t shake the feeling that there’s a difference between respecting someone’s independence and refusing to let the people who love you help.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution confers on Congress the exclusive power to “dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the … property of the United States.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Dozens of men, women and children died in the surprise attack, but, respecting kinship ties, the attacking Mohawks spared all save one of the 30 pro-English Mohawks inside the stockade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The girl who plays Hangman with me on the church missal until Mom glares at us and Dad grounds us for a week for not respecting church property.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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