covenant

Example Sentences

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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

That’s one of the sharpest quarterly increases ever recorded for a protective covenant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Not as a shield from discomfort but as a covenant for the world we still have a chance to build for all of us.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

In 1636, a small band traveled deep into the Connecticut River Valley, north of Hartford, and established rural towns through a covenant with the Pocumtuck Indians.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

From the Pilgrims to the founders of the United States and continuing to the present day, the idea of a covenant involving people and God has persisted.

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