comity
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And even the most basic displays of bipartisan comity become newsworthy.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
Unlike today’s comity among most European leaders, wartime distrust lingered and cooperation proved elusive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
For Katherine, this revelation is the key that will unlock global comity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
This is in keeping with Fellowes’ penchant for purveying a fantasy of class relationships foregrounded by unforced comity and respect.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
Days later, I could not find the tortoise, and apprehended that hunger had wrestled custom and comity and triumphed over them both.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
They appointed comities, an' they held a meetin'.
From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Finley Peter Dunne
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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