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obedience

[oh-bee-dee-uhns] / oʊˈbi di əns /


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Curiosity has a way of making obedience conditional.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Villarreal: Agnes has only known obedience and repression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Then it hacked the module that enforces blind obedience and embarked on a long journey to becoming human, with a full set of emotions spanning love, grief and . . . just kidding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

He could hear Father Mulrooney telling him to contemplate the virtues of obedience.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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