covenant

One of Douglass’s early mentors was William Lloyd Garrison, who regarded the Constitution as “a covenant with death” and “an agreement with Hell.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Now, he’s suing USC for promissory estoppel, fraud, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and negligent misrepresentation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Any further increase in leverage or inability to service debt could result in downgraded credit ratings, and liquidity or covenant issues.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

One of these said alterations had been "clearly shown" using Google Earth satellite imagery, which Mr Milne said was a "breach of the aforesaid covenant".

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 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

Other concerns include covenants in Paramount’s offer that Warner said are overbearing and would hurt its ability to operate the company prior to a deal closing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

"It was probably the covenants that were the important thing," Ian reflected, "because it was something that we were agreeing between us to do, which just binds us that little bit closer together."

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

With few options to raise revenue for the tribe, individual Agua Caliente members had rented land to newcomers of color who were barred by real estate covenants from living elsewhere in Palm Springs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024

Disney also agrees that a development agreement and restrictive covenants passed before the takeover are also not valid, according to the settlement terms.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

For example, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all refer to covenants made between God and people.

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

Wright and King addressed covenanted congregations with an indomitable faith.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2019

They did not abandon the ideals of a covenanted people, but focused more on preserving their own colony than reforming all Christendom.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

It held that the sovereign nation does not start with central government but with the local covenanted community – the foedus – which form networks to constitute the nation.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2016

“I think the ethically responsible thing for gay and lesbian Christians to do is to form lasting, covenanted partnerships,” Neff said in a statement to CT.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2015

He was like a black man with cloven feet, riding on a black horse, and Alice fell down and worshipped him, as she had covenanted.

From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

Now these successful effects of covenanting well minded, First, May hint to us a satisfactory reason, in case peace comes not presently.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr

But the king soon found, that the happiness chiefly of the allusion had tempted the preacher to employ this text, and that the covenanting zealots were nowise pacified towards him.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by David Hume

There were three hostile armies to be dealt with, besides—ultimately—the main covenanting army far away in England.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

I think you are too nice and covenanting, but for all that you have the spirit of a very pretty gentleman.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

The young Church of Scotland was based on the Word of God, anti-papal, free, reformed, and covenanting, and in that character acknowledged by the State.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr