covenant

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In 2020, pandemic-era covenant suspensions created the conditions for distressed companies to scrutinize their loan documents, uncovering the “liability management loopholes” that have defined the years that followed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Article 6 of the covenant holds: “Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.”

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

Not as a shield from discomfort but as a covenant for the world we still have a chance to build for all of us.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

Carter and those around him hoped that the accords would eventually pave the way to a wider regional peace, centered on a covenant between Israel and the Palestinians.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

They believed that as part of their covenant with their god, they should create “godly” societies in the “New World.”

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz