duty
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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
A year later, a court ruled that Devon County Council had failed to meet its duty when setting the fees it pays to private care homes.
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
Boots, sun cream, toothbrush: players on World Cup duty have plenty of essential items to remember.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Girls and boys growing up in the Soviet Union of the 1920s and 1930s, like Marina Raskova, felt that preparing for war was their duty, just like going to school.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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