honorable
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Yet even these honorable departures failed to get Labour to reconsider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Extreme diets: How Lindsay and Nicole got so skinny — but have they gone too far?” the honorable Us Weekly wondered.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Despite his honorable intentions, Mr. Dasgupta risks making the best the enemy of the good, and the impossible the foe of the plausible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Nor is B-grade a pejorative, but rather an honorable tradition, especially when it comes to sci-fi and horror.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
She’d shown him in a thousand ways that she was honorable and strong and generous and very human, maybe more vividly human than anyone he’d ever known.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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