pledge
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An independent commission led by Baroness Louise Casey is now under way to set out a plan for a national care service, a Labour 2024 election manifesto pledge.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Amodei’s pledge comes as some of his employees are wrestling with the potential existential risks of the technologies they are building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Thursday’s pledge made the president’s request more personal.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Anthropic this year removed a pledge from its safety charter to halt development of its models if it failed to control their risks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Very well! very well! I’ll pledge my word on it. You go to-morrow, then?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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But whether these governments follow through on these admittedly vague pledges, and whether that results in material change in the Middle East, is at least partly beside the point.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
That left even fewer Indians interested in preserving the British empire; if their soldiers were expected to fight, they wanted pledges of self-rule in return.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Devolution has been a central part of Burham's leadership vision so far, with pledges of creating "the conditions for good growth in every postcode".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Asked if he wanted the government of new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to increase its current spending pledges, Trump replied: "The UK's got some problems but they'll get solved."
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Luckily, I never had to do what my fellow pledges did.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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In a July earnings report, it highlighted “continued momentum” for its data-center sales and it pledged to ramp up production for large-megawatt backup generators.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
David Cassirer has argued the law clearly requires the museum to return the painting — and has pledged to support other looting victims with any proceeds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
He also pledged to give "active consideration" to whether local authorities should be given new national planning guidance.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
One clear August evening, they pledged a new vow.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Treasury yields mostly rose as the Fed delivered the expected interest rate increase while pledging to tackle inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
As the war spilled over into Bosnia, his force switched uniforms - pledging support for the breakaway Republika Srpska.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Parton continued her support by pledging $1,000 per month for six months to about 900 families who had lost their homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Earlier this month, the company teamed up with six of Wall Street’s biggest firms on a $500 billion AI-financing plan, pledging to backstop lending to customers that can’t afford its chips otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Walmart, which was then the nation’s largest grocery retailer, had joined our effort by pledging to cut the amount of sugar, salt, and fat in its food products and to reduce prices on produce.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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