etiquette

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Like most things in etiquette, it depends on the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

"Respect for urban etiquette and the environment is everyone's duty," it added.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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

After your friends have thanked you, it’s too late to ask for the money, says Sara Jane Ho, an etiquette expert and host of the Netflix show “Mind Your Manners.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

If there were etiquette guidelines for hosting goddesses in one’s dreams, he had never found that book at the Great Library.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor