abide
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But she’s so loaded, she doesn’t abide by existing train schedules and surprises them all by stopping a train that is supposed to bypass the town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A UK government spokesperson said: "We expect all foreign diplomats in the UK to abide by our laws, in the same way we expect all UK diplomats to do so when posted overseas."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, Deere says it won’t share any JD data with other parties without farmers’ permission and is requiring its dealers to abide by the same requirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Upon your mother-in-law’s death, the trust generally becomes irrevocable, and you must abide by its terms.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I am only a guest there. The castle and the town belong to Lady Dustin, and she cannot abide you.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
She said the league abides by its contract but that the city hadn’t been fair with the league.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Time on the Western Isles passes like “a slow tide,” Mr. Stuart writes, and the novel abides by that erosive pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Nobody’s perfect, and the longer a piece of art abides, the more likely it is that it’ll start to suck.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
A federal monitor will be installed to ensure Live Nation abides by these terms over the next eight years.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026
Does it despise us scythes, but abides us because it has to?
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
"For years, Europeans aided and abided flagrant ethical flaws in the international football federation," said Bruen, head of the Global Situation Room strategic communications firm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
It requires those submitting trophy kills to sign an affidavit swearing they have abided by club technology and other restrictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Machar's spokesperson told the BBC that the current fighting between the White Army and security forces "would have been avoided" if the leadership of the national army had abided by the peace agreement.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
The former Spanish colony was annexed by the U.S. in 1898 and has abided by the U.S.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2025
As long as I obeyed my father and abided by the customs of my tribe, I was not troubled by the laws of man or God.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Despite selling their Tarzana abode to Osaka in February 2022, the couple later realized that the home is truly where their hearts are.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
However, they announced their move back to the mainland in August 2024, one month after purchasing a six-bedroom abode in Encino, Calif., for $6.8 million.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Speaking about her initial decision to sell the expansive 8,000-square-foot abode, Kris told The New York Times that she believes the time has come for another family to make their own memories within its walls.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 37-year-old man of no fixed abode had been arrested after a "boat that had an emergency responder on board" was damaged in the Channel.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“The garden in which stands my humble abode is separated only by a lane from Rosings Park, her ladyship’s residence.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
That title is something of a metaphor, about connecting to a deep, abiding spirituality accessible to us all.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Regardless of what station they work for, reporters and pilots are constantly helping each other, abiding by unspoken rules to keep each other safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"We cannot allow anyone to come to our Union without abiding by our rules," she said on social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He is a filmmaker with an abiding humanism, evidently flummoxed in the face of the nonhuman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Reverend Harris ran Clarkebury with an iron hand and an abiding sense of fairness.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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