be loyal

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“A lawyer must be loyal to his or her client. This means that a lawyer cannot represent two clients who are on opposite sides in the same or related lawsuits.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

He could be loyal but unable to bring his colleagues along, as Jimmy Carter discovered with G. William Miller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

“That supply-side focus of his has been a part of his intellectual foundation as an economist. This makes it possible for him to both be loyal to the president and be an independent chair.”

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

There is no centrally organised leadership - each gang, often drawn from one family or a specific community, tends to be loyal to its own leader.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Mark Antony could expect these kings to be loyal to him as the presiding ruler.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby