etiquette
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Pet behaviourist Vanessa Ward, 37, from Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, said training has evolved beyond the basic etiquette of sitting on command and holding well on a lead.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Like most things in etiquette, it depends on the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
That was held up as a great breach of etiquette, instigating calls for additional officials and even video reviews in a sport where competitors have traditionally called their own fouls.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
For the first time in my life, the staunch theater etiquette advocate in me could not care less.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026
I slept late and spent the tail of the morning reading over my own notes on Palace etiquette and the observations on Gethenian psychology and manners made by my predecessors, the Investigators.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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