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respect

[ri-spekt] / rɪˈspɛkt /




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People say they respect individuals, but nearly all of them are lying.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

“There’s an ability for everyone to go to a good school and to respect religious rights,” Kavanaugh said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

I also walked away with a greater respect and love for possums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

"We have no problem with strangers as long as they respect boundaries."

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

“How silly. How can we expect them to give us any respect or work if we don’t give them a proper name? Common sense.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that it works closely with the district attorney’s office “throughout the investigative and judicial processes and respects its role in reviewing cases for filing consideration.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Mi-ok and Cheol pay their respects, and while eating with others afterward notice a woman in the room with a camera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Pupils at Ynysowen Community Primary School, which was built to carry on the legacy of Pantglas, also gathered to pay their respects.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Their cases differ in important respects, but together they raise questions about the relationship between presidential hostility and the exercise of state power.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The reprimand came about after Grosie handed Mother a list of six close friends of the family, and suggested that Mother call to pay her respects that afternoon.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Latinos long respected Huerta’s career but didn’t truly embrace her until her señora era, when she became our collective matriarch, in addition to the mother of 14 children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

People ‘really need to have clear news from a respected institution,’ she said.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"I think they have a chance of winning," she said, but expressed doubt about whether such a result would be respected by Vučić.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

An "impartial American media organization" would accompany Russian and Ukrainian teams to ensure residents' wishes were respected, she added, without naming the outlet.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The experience had soured him, but he was widely respected as a veteran and a good farmer.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

"That's why it's a very frustrating situation. We were speaking a lot about respecting the identity and it doesn't matter the team that we were facing," the Spaniard said.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

China says it is respecting the U.N. ban on arms sales to the Yemeni faction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Pledging love and respecting someone or a relationship can make people feel so uncomfortable that leaning into these tropes of life can feel humorous, and that’s where the laughs from a Hallmark film come from.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But I can’t shake the feeling that there’s a difference between respecting someone’s independence and refusing to let the people who love you help.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Mrs. Kluck is there in a flash, scolding them about respecting her kitchen equipment.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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