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deserve

[dih-zurv] / dɪˈzɜrv /


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Totah says projects such as this year's indie horror hit Obsession also deserve to be championed.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Walters said the two women have taken "very different paths", but have both "achieved so much and thoroughly deserve to be celebrated".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Any CEO who deliberately damages the company he runs due to some random personal gripe doesn’t deserve to run their company!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Consumers need more fuel efficient choices when considering new cars, and they deserve vehicles that get more miles per gallon and miles per dollar,” said Robert Weissman, Public Citizen’s co-president.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I have some ideas of who might deserve it.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

“My guess is the market is assigning this a low probability, but the consequences are large enough that it deserves some premium.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Cash flow also deserves a look across several quarters.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

That “golden cross” is not unlike a participation trophy, as it shows that bitcoin has put in enough time and effort that it deserves to say it’s now in a longer-term uptrend.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

"The young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued," Hochul said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

As much as I hate to admit it, he deserves some of the credit for our tolerance museum.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

We no longer believed we deserved and had earned our greatness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Alexander said everyone deserved to travel knowing their flight would not be disrupted by "bad behaviour from a small minority".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a court filing that fall, Mason wrote on behalf of the district attorney’s office that Johnson deserved a new trial because his defense lawyer hadn’t contested the detective’s hearsay testimony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

In her address to the convention, Harris did describe the suffering in Gaza as “devastating” and said Palestinians deserved “dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination.”

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Why was life so set on bringing down those who least deserved it?

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Making the playoffs in Major League Baseball is supposed to be a mark of excellence, a reward given only to the most deserving for enduring the grueling marathon of 162 games in roughly 180 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Two categories stood out as particularly deserving of further investigation: reproductive symptoms, including changes in menstrual cycles, and problems involving body temperature, such as chills and hot flashes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

I got so much love and so much support for that show, but I didn’t feel deserving of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Saints owner Dragan Solak revealed to BBC Sport in early June that he would not sack Eckert and that he was deserving of a second chance.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

“There is no one more deserving of help at this moment,” my father said.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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