obey
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But Buddy doesn’t like it when the children don’t obey him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“The pro-slavery factions were picking on specific verses like ‘slaves obey your masters’ and saying, ‘Well, we’re clearly advancing the more biblical society because look, the Bible says exactly what we’re doing,’” Coffman said.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The new Americans took an oath of allegiance promising to, among other things, obey and defend the US Constitution.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
That prefix would also have to remind the AI to obey the laws of physics with wording like: “gravity and inertia respected—mass has real weight, correct contact shadows, no floating props.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Are they still enough afraid of me to obey?
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
The gravel bucket obeys that law, since shaking creates heat, which is disordered energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
This one figures out how to converse with one of the deadliest extraterrestrials in the known universe — and not only does it understand her, it obeys her commands.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
He added that he "obeys the government and will pay it" as he didn't know the repayment was not legally required.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
Min-sung obeys Young-tak to ensure access to resources, but at home Myung-hwa can’t hide her disappointment in him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
“Or anyway, it obeys you better than the marten does.”
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Driverless cars haven’t always obeyed the rules of the road but, unlike vehicles with humans behind the wheel, they’ve gotten away with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Six merchant vessels obeyed direction from U.S. forces to reverse course and re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman, Centcom said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Military law establishes a strong presumption that military orders are lawful and must be obeyed.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
When calculating probabilities with Bayes' rule, the principle of minimum change is obeyed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025
Momma handed him a cup of coffee before she obeyed.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Mohamed says the most important thing is to follow Japan's rules, including sorting refuse properly, obeying parking laws, and wearing helmets when riding your bicycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
We let ourselves blend into the algorithm, feeding and obeying the machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
However, the Defense Department’s Law of War Manual highlights the particular crime of obeying orders that are “clearly illegal” or that “the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal.”
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
Increasingly, U.S. companies are worried that by obeying U.S. laws, they could run afoul of Chinese rules.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
Composers immediately sensed that something transformative had happened; all of a sudden their harmony started obeying laws of attraction and repulsion, whether they liked it or not.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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