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Former Dutch PM Rutte has been encouraging members of the alliance not to defer spending increases until the last minute.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

He also urges the justices to defer heavily to military leaders’ judgments about readiness and deployability.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Handler appeared to defer to the soloists, while the trio looked to encourage her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

And though the picture’s length is a challenge, its power rests in the methodical manner by which we come to know its protagonists—a determined band of salt-of-the-earth types unwilling to defer to custom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Court began insisting that federal judges defer more to state court rulings, which tended to be more indulgent of errors and defects in capital proceedings.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

A poorly funded HOA can leave homeowners facing higher dues, special assessments, deferred maintenance and, in the most extreme cases, difficulty obtaining financing when they want to sell.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Just like during the 2008-2009 recession, when oil prices hit their all-time high, deferred maintenance from the retailers’ financially pinched lower-income clientele hurts sales at first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

And some state prisons have astronomical deferred maintenance bills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Maintenance activity could also pick up as operators gain greater cash-flow visibility to resume deferred work, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

He deferred his departure a whole week, and during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good yet stern, a conscientious yet implacable man can inflict on one who has offended him.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The Medical Examiner hasn’t yet released a cause or manner of death for Hoyos-Munoz, writing that it was deferring its decision for now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Other cost-cutting measures were also announced, such as deferring wage increases until 2035 and having senior executives forgo base salary increases in 2027 and 2028.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

But a spoof is under no obligation to turn that one joke into a full narrative as it does by deferring to a younger cast, and only checking in with the franchise’s original players occasionally.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

She argues that too often we use expert prediction as an excuse not to think for ourselves, deferring to impressive-looking charts and graphs as a form of anxiety relief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

“Ah don’t wanna break in ’n’ meddle where Ah ain’ got no bis- ness, suh,” the preacher said in a tone that was militant, but deferring.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright