be upheld

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They will also need robust security to guard workers from guerrilla groups active in Venezuela’s Orinoco belt, as well as certainty that contracts will be upheld, these people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

But investors don’t seem worried about the possibility that the tariffs will be upheld.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

I do think that Illston will be upheld on appeal; I’m not even sure that the administration will try to appeal this to the Supreme Court.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

Earlier on Wednesday, the interior ministry said the right of people to protest within the law would be upheld.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

This hypnotization leads men to "the erroneous opinion that the existing order is unchangeable and must be upheld, while in reality it is unchangeable only by its being upheld."

From Anarchism by Eltzbacher, Paul