deserve
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They can say, “If this fund is legal, I deserve my payout.”
From Slate • May 22, 2026
"There's not representation in the media, there's not representation in higher education. There are lots of places where we don't have the representation we deserve," the actor added.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
In an Instagram spot for furniture retailer Lovesac, the newly single star told fans, “You deserve better than just ‘good enough.’”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“The crimes you were convicted of are very serious and you deserve to spend time in prison,” Polis wrote in his commutation letter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The Scholl children asked the teacher’s mother what he had done to deserve such treatment.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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