respect
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That has sidelined Seoul, with Lee voicing respect for Trump's decision and pledging to "do his utmost" to support his peacemaking efforts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
They said the university stood for "respect for human dignity and opposes discrimination, hatred and racism".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The company said it took several personnel actions with respect to employees within its sales, technical support and business development functions, including terminations, for failure to follow company policies or the company’s code of conduct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sunday says, “I think he recognized my respect and love for what I was doing, and we connected because of that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Edisto Snowberger touched all their lives—and the lives of their families—with the greatest respect.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
People have been invited to "pay their respects" by lining roads in Newton and Mumbles, a seaside suburb of Swansea, while others began gathering outside her home in the morning.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Japan's defence minister paid his respects Saturday at a shrine honouring the country's war dead that has long dogged Tokyo's relations with its Asian neighbours, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Legendary singer Bonnie Tyler has begun her final journey to her Mumbles home, as emotional fans line the streets to pay their respects.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Bonnie Tyler fans lined the streets of a south Wales suburb Saturday to pay their respects as the late Welsh singer's coffin returned to her home there ahead of her funeral.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
After all, in many respects, they are simply doing what black people did during the Jim Crow era—they are turning to each other for support and solace in a society that despises them.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Rather, family relationships were respected so long as it was in the master’s interest to do so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
They have been enjoyed by visitors for decades, but must be respected, Richards said.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Bill Lay, the owner of five restaurants in Key West, supports legal pathways for foreign workers, but believes current immigration laws should be respected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“VCAS respected the judicial process when courts placed a temporary stay, and we must respect that same process now that the stay has been lifted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Instead, respected men who believed in the sisters’ spirits flooded newspapers with letters to the editor.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Dozens of men, women and children died in the surprise attack, but, respecting kinship ties, the attacking Mohawks spared all save one of the 30 pro-English Mohawks inside the stockade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution confers on Congress the exclusive power to “dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the … property of the United States.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
The discussions focused on "common principles and operational mechanisms" for ensuring the safe passage of shipping through the strait while respecting the sovereign rights of the two states, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
A Daera spokesperson said that while there are "no quick fixes", restoring and protecting the ecological health of water bodies "is possible by respecting the science and supporting the difficult decisions needed".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it disgusted me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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