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covenant

[kuhv-uh-nuhnt] / ˈkʌv ə nənt /




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The property sits above the street on two lots which have been tied together through a covenant, and has 13,930 square feet of exterior space.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Now, he’s suing USC for promissory estoppel, fraud, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and negligent misrepresentation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

“When physicians prioritize access to power over ethical judgment, they often break the foundational covenant of medicine,” she wrote.

From Salon May 19, 2026

One of these said alterations had been "clearly shown" using Google Earth satellite imagery, which Mr Milne said was a "breach of the aforesaid covenant".

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

They continued to regard themselves as people of the covenant, selected and commanded by their god to go into the wilderness to build the new promised land.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Other concerns include covenants in Paramount’s offer that Warner said are overbearing and would hurt its ability to operate the company prior to a deal closing.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

A clause placed in thousands of L.A. property deeds in 1902 restricted housing covenants at the time West Adams Heights and many other L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

His most affecting songs, such as River and Wait For You, are covenants of support for a friend who's drowning in their troubles.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2025

Walmart and other major retailers have made the situation even worse by including restrictive covenants in the deeds of old buildings, which prevent other retailers from using the space for competitive purposes.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2024

What unknown covenants led her ultimately to this beach and this hour and this solitude?

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Puritans tried to Hebraize their Christian quest for personal salvation in Christ by grounding it in covenanted communities of law and collective discipline.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2024

Falcicchio said units covenanted through the program must remain affordable for at least 15 years at or below 80 percent of the area median family income, with the incentive determined by affordability, among other factors.

From Washington Post Dec. 16, 2021

They did not abandon the ideals of a covenanted people, but focused more on preserving their own colony than reforming all Christendom.

From Textbooks Jan. 18, 2018

It held that the sovereign nation does not start with central government but with the local covenanted community – the foedus – which form networks to constitute the nation.

From The Guardian Sep. 8, 2016

Oliver Twist was then in mid-career; a Life of Grimaldi and Barnaby Rudge were already covenanted for.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

The young Church of Scotland was based on the Word of God, anti-papal, free, reformed, and covenanting, and in that character acknowledged by the State.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr

Coming home, we had lots of fun: even George Brown, a covenanting old chap, caught its spirit.

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison

So here are the persons covenanting, the matter covenanted to.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr

"You covenanting, psalm-singing, tub-thumping old quill-driver!" he continued.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman

What seal had your covenanting with God about your child?

From Bertha and Her Baptism by Nehemiah Adams




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