abide
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“The Department will abide by the Court’s ruling.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
In a statement on X, the Justice Department said it "disagrees strongly" with Brinkema's decision but "will abide by the court's ruling."
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
"Two, I think, were allowed to retire. Only one received a written warning. We can't abide by that."
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Political scandals have always boiled down to whether the party in question has failed to live up to a standard that its constituents expect their representatives to abide by.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The friar apologizes: “In short, his mathematical experiments have distracted him so much from painting that he cannot abide the paintbrush.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing abide
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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