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abide

[uh-bahyd] / əˈbaɪd /






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McKinsey’s Kelkar called it “impossible” to abide by the FCC’s restrictions without onshoring actuator manufacturing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“State and local peace officers already must abide by specific standards and rules, including ones that apply to their personal conduct,” Newsom wrote in the veto letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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

Siegmund insists that he won’t target German citizens or anyone residing in Germany legally and that his government would abide by all constitutional requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Partly, it was because he could not abide the noise that power tools made.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

If you don't understand Spanish then it is perhaps better you search online for the literal translation of the motto which Alcaraz abides by.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Burning Man abides by 10 principles, one being decommodification.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

“We have read the scroll, and it is indeed an invitation. It seems that the Fairy Queen, at least, still abides by the laws of our treaty.”

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

"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

Bondi abided, and appointed a top federal prosecutor to pursue the investigation with “urgency and integrity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

In a statement to the BBC, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Musk "is selflessly serving President Trump's Administration as a special government employee, and he has abided by all applicable federal laws".

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025

And so Grief and Shame abided in adjoining rooms with the door shut between them, holding their pain in their arms instead of each other.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

However, while she’s selling what is perhaps her most famous home, Kris isn’t leaving the neighborhood altogether, having purchased two other homes in Hidden Hills since purchasing her for-sale abode.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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

Pop icon Selena Gomez has officially offloaded her sprawling Encino abode for $5.399 million—four months after listing the property and shortly after picking up a $35 million marital mansion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The abode of Sleep is near the black country of the Cimmerians, in a deep valley where the sun never shines and dusky twilight wraps all things in shadows.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

Vimalakirti leans over the edge of his canopied bed with an impatient stare, as he argues that it is possible to enjoy earthly life while still abiding by Buddhist nonattachment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Roman, thirty-two, inquisitive and outspoken, has a doctorate in biology from Stanford and an abiding distrust of conventional wisdom.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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