oath
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As a teenager, LeRoy Chatfield took an oath with the Congregation of Christian Brothers to live a life of poverty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who took his oath of office on a Quran, has become the new face of American leftist politics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The only way to do it is by saying: Look, this juror is not following his oath.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
“But he still took an oath and he still has to wake up every day and be the boss of a quarter million or so unionized workers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
She went through the world and exacted an oath from everything, all things with life and without life, never to do him harm.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Members of the military swear oaths to the Constitution, not to the president or other officials in the chain of command.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
That’s not the United States you and I took oaths to defend.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
On Friday, the territory announced that they have adjusted the law to give the option of taking one of the two oaths.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
It would expand the subpoena powers of the city attorney to include the authority to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths and affirmations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
To anyone who questioned the effectiveness of the loyalty oaths, he replied that people who really did owe allegiance to their country would be proud to pledge it as often as he forced them to.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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