Thesaurus / uphold
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The public has an expectation that officers are true to their oath, that they’re upholding the law, not breaking the law.
HOW CRIMINAL COPS OFTEN AVOID JAILBY ANDREW FORD, ASBURY PARK PRESSSEPTEMBER 23, 2020PROPUBLICAWhen Marshall began challenging segregation in the 1930s, the Supreme Court had rejected some forms of racial discrimination even though it had upheld segregation.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG HELPED SHAPE THE MODERN ERA OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS – EVEN BEFORE SHE WENT ON THE SUPREME COURTLGBTQ-EDITORSEPTEMBER 21, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSThis illiberal assault is putting inordinate pressure on the liberal international order and the institutions that uphold it, including the UN, NATO, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and others.
COVID-19 AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF AMERICAN DECLINEKATIE MCLEANAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIt also said that survey measures might underestimate the American public’s commitment to upholding democratic norms, when in fact, they might overestimate them.
WHAT HAPPENED IN PORTLAND SHOWS JUST HOW FRAGILE OUR DEMOCRACY ISMAGGIE KOERTH (MAGGIE.KOERTH-BAKER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)AUGUST 5, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTSimilar procedural failures have plagued other administration efforts to abruptly and unilaterally change longstanding immigration controls anchored in existing law and upheld by the courts.
COURT DECISION ON ASYLUM SEEKERS RESONATES WITH WASHINGTON AREA LATINOSTRUTHBETOLDJULY 7, 2020TRUTHBETOLD.NEWSThe very act of producing is sufficient to uphold the equilibrium of the mental frame.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANThe object of the one party was to support Don Carlos and despotism; the other to uphold Isabella and the constitution.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANThat we are here proves that we do not uphold the people, and we need not too closely inquire who our neighbor may be.
THE LIGHT THAT LURESPERCY BREBNERNote the tiny quivering gold wires that uphold each emerald scale.
THEY LOOKED AND LOVEDMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLERThe wealth acquired through her naval supremacy enabled her to uphold the cause of her allies on the continent.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTWORDS RELATED TO UPHOLD
- adduce
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- challenge
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- defend
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- reach
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- ride
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- stick at
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- survive
- sustain
- uphold
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