obey
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The new Americans took an oath of allegiance promising to, among other things, obey and defend the US Constitution.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Because visitors and immigrants must obey U.S. laws, the court found that they are subject to its jurisdiction.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
He figures that if they have to exist, they ought to obey him.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
“But that doesn’t sound like the same thing as committing that you will obey a court order,” Murphy said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
She yanked at her gift like a cord and demanded it obey.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
In other words, the deal appears to strike a balance that will ensure the university obeys the law without coercive overreach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
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
“Rule thy passion, for unless it obeys, it rules you.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
The broader biographical facts are obeyed, but “Amadeus” is fundamentally ahistorical, and sometimes implausible: It is to be trusted only as television.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
But it was PSG who obeyed the message, delivering a third-minute hammer blow when Georgian genius Khvicha Kvaratskhelia raced down the wing before setting up Ousmane Dembele to lash a finish high past Manuel Neuer.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
I’d obeyed and failed to hit my Activity Goals for several days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
When calculating probabilities with Bayes' rule, the principle of minimum change is obeyed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025
He turned on his heels, and the rest of the Yaba warriors obeyed, following him through the Night Zoo’s entrance and into the compound with whoops and war cries.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
All of this may be of little practical concern since the chances of your ever actually facing a court-martial for obeying these particular unlawful orders are slim to zero.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
It DE decides a school is not obeying the guidance it can be named and shamed.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Binance set up Binance.US in 2019 as a bare-bones American platform obeying U.S. rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
If I threw it'd look like I was obeying him.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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