covenant

To do otherwise is to betray the covenant between California taxpayers and the UC system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Cooper said they are being especially selective about individual credits, choice of manager and covenant protection, but attracted by much higher yields potentially on offer.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

One of these said alterations had been "clearly shown" using Google Earth satellite imagery, which Mr Milne said was a "breach of the aforesaid covenant".

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

County Superior Court Judge Terry Bork directed the company to shut down the scrap yard for good and sign a land covenant that would prohibit future recycling on the site.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

It’s as though we were all sworn to the same secret covenant, so secret we don’t even know what we belong to.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Other concerns include covenants in Paramount’s offer that Warner said are overbearing and would hurt its ability to operate the company prior to a deal closing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

A clause placed in thousands of L.A. property deeds in 1902 restricted housing covenants at the time West Adams Heights and many other L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

The order bans new restrictive covenants which prohibit land being used for a supermarket.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

Walmart and other major retailers have made the situation even worse by including restrictive covenants in the deeds of old buildings, which prevent other retailers from using the space for competitive purposes.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2024

“We would forfeit the protection afforded by the foundational covenants of the treaty.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

A truly covenanted society cannot punish someone who hasn’t been convicted in such a process.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

Falcicchio said units covenanted through the program must remain affordable for at least 15 years at or below 80 percent of the area median family income, with the incentive determined by affordability, among other factors.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

They did not abandon the ideals of a covenanted people, but focused more on preserving their own colony than reforming all Christendom.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

It held that the sovereign nation does not start with central government but with the local covenanted community – the foedus – which form networks to constitute the nation.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2016

And three thousand guineas it was ultimately covenanted the price should be, thanks to Moore's reputation, and the business abilities of his friend Perry.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

Coming home, we had lots of fun: even George Brown, a covenanting old chap, caught its spirit.

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)

Since Charles II. had come to play the sorry part of a covenanting king in 1650 no sovereign of the country had set foot on Scottish soil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

Behold, a reforming people and a covenanting people.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

I think you are too nice and covenanting, but for all that you have the spirit of a very pretty gentleman.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Mr Witherspoon, I ken you weel; meikle sweet counselling I hae gotten frae you when ye preached for our minister at Camrachle in the time of the great covenanting.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John