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high road

NOUN
ethical or easiest course
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The 30-year-old from Edwards, Colo., took only the high road after winning Wednesday’s slalom in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

This isn’t the high road to Rome, though neither is it the lowest.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2024

By Monday afternoon Biden was back on the high road.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2024

That’s where you kinda have to think bigger and you have to be a bigger human around it all and learn how to be really forgiving and take the high road.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2023

His invocation was brief and punchy, and for a second I thought we were getting back on the high road to right action.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou



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