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Bostic faced scrutiny three years ago after he disclosed he had failed to adhere to rules governing senior officials’ personal-financial transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Scholz sought a two-thirds majority in parliament because the required loans are sanctioned by the constitution and don’t need to adhere to rules limiting new debt.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2022

Many hospitals have instituted vaccine requirements to adhere to rules in states like New York or California, or independently for public health reasons.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021

At a fundamental level, sport can help us to trust others, encouraging us to adhere to rules without the need for excessive coercion.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2015

Why then should we rigidly adhere to rules repugnant to the genius of our language, if they can be modified so as to adapt the sonorous Hexameter to the structure of our mother-tongue?

From Legends of the Northwest by Gordon, Hanford Lennox




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