to rights
Example Sentences
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Frontex has rejected any suggestion it turns a blind eye to rights violations, saying it helps ensure borders are managed lawfully, while supporting countries under strain.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
When we talk about U.S. citizenship, there is a tendency to assume that, Well, of course everyone wants legal citizenship because it means access to rights, privileges, and protections.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” knew what it was about, and Brontë, despite her lack of firsthand experience in love, had the scripts of normative femininity dead to rights with the book’s relentless conflation of love and torment.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
Political detainees have been subject to harsh treatment and often denied access to lawyers, according to rights groups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Momma used to tell me, “Deny it until they’ve got you dead to rights, sugar. If they can’t prove it, it never happened.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
