covenant

Example Sentences

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There’s no better leading indicator of market psychology than real-time covenant changes, which show where the smart money is quietly hedging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

In 1636, a small band traveled deep into the Connecticut River Valley, north of Hartford, and established rural towns through a covenant with the Pocumtuck Indians.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

Only a few states offer covenant marriages — Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona — and they are widely unpopular.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

When these sentences are handed down, they form a covenant between the State and the victims, and their family and their friends.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2025

From the Pilgrims to the founders of the United States and continuing to the present day, the idea of a covenant involving people and God has persisted.

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