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high road

NOUN
ethical or easiest course
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Vollering backed her embattled teammate Gery and everyone took the high road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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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