deserve
Example Sentences
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Judge Richard Leon issued his legal takedown late last week, and it deserves more attention as a defense of free speech.
His success in liberating deserving people who would otherwise be rotting away in prison—even if he was motivated only by vanity—suggests he may very well deserve the Nobel.
Campaign group Stonewall, which had been lobbying for the change to the law, described it as a "powerful message" that showed people "deserve equal access to justice".
From BBC
“If you have to go through such mental and verbal gymnastics to explain away what this man said, how does he deserve a day of remembrance?”
From Salon
In this worldview, the father deserves most of the credit, despite putting almost no effort into the production side of having babies.
From Salon
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