deserved

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American leaders usually take that moment of deserved honor and gratitude to pay homage to the dead and wax poetic about the values and the ideals for which they died.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Much time was spent among Republicans debating who deserved those three get-out-of-jail-free cards.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

“He was really good — certainly deserved better,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

It was, in the most literal sense, an editorial board convened to decide what deserved to be believed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

It was just the thing they all wanted and, ironically, just the thing they all deserved.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman