duty
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The issue of a coroner's duty to "identify risks to life" was also mentioned, so potential future deaths could be prevented.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
It was my duty to teach the canon, even if I didn’t agree with Didion, because my students needed to be aware of her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
In 2011, the High Court ruled that Somerset and Gloucestershire County Councils had not complied with the duty when they sought to withdraw funding for more than 20 libraries.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello is still on duty to make sure she doesn’t go soft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
At the National Political Training Institute, or Napola, the boys received additional military training, with an emphasis on the spirit, duty, and discipline of the soldier.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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