respect
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It’s not for you to decide that we’re unworthy, that we’re some pip-squeaks you don’t have to show respect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Relations between countries, and particularly with neighbours, must be based on respect and on facts, not on wild speculation or contempt," Sanchez said on Monday evening.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Grammy winner Macklemore, facing pressure to drop from Ed Sheeran’s tour, says ‘my message is for peace, love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect and equality.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
It is sensible, then, in one respect, to try to pin down and control the minutiae of what you can: your dishes and your kitchen, your teeth and your face.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
The best reason he thought up was this: if Mother Water Monster had banned humans from entering her domain, then Nathan should respect that.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Americans across the country paid there respects on Friday to the thousands killed in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
He lives fairly simply in some respects, but I’m concerned that if he receives a substantial amount of money outright, he may not manage it well.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The exemptions are, in some respects, similar to the treatment of manufacturers’ purchases on inputs to factories, which is designed to prevent cascading layers of the same tax on the same product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Eagle Rock deserves both better transit and a project that respects the community it serves.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
I sure didn’t want to go sit around at Grandpa’s house and listen to Cold Sassy pay its respects.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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There have been no major photo opportunities and the tabloid press seems, for now at least, to have respected their wishes to be left alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Bargatze catapulted to mainstream status after portraying a silly version of the famously reprehensible though widely respected George Washington on “SNL” without antagonizing anyone, least of all Washington.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The world's richest man, Musk has called the four-hour out-of-competition film from the respected Oscar-winning documentarian a "hit piece".
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
In an open letter, signed by more than 150 filmmakers, academics, writers and even a few rabbis, the group denounced “the outrageous smear campaign against our respected colleague Mark Ruffalo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
With enthusiasm, most newly arrived migrants set out to become a respected part of their adopted city.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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After he criticized Costa Rica’s system of government as a “perfect dictatorship,” eight former presidents of the country released a joint statement defending Costa Rica’s tradition of respecting the rule of law and human rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution confers on Congress the exclusive power to “dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the … property of the United States.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
"It's not a matter of not respecting you, but this is attacking my family's faith," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
A Daera spokesperson said that while there are "no quick fixes", restoring and protecting the ecological health of water bodies "is possible by respecting the science and supporting the difficult decisions needed".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
I have less than two hours to live and I can’t think of a better way to spend that time than respecting Mateo’s final request to meet his father, but for real this time.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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