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pledge

[plej] / plɛdʒ /




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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

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

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

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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