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deserve

[dih-zurv] / dɪˈzɜrv /


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Walters said the two women have taken "very different paths", but have both "achieved so much and thoroughly deserve to be celebrated".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Crucially, city staffers preserved those charming and entirely unnecessary turrets, which deserve their own sonnet, if you ask me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Social Security is not a handout — it is a benefit earned over decades of hard work. Retirees deserve to know that money will be there when they need it,” Grijalva said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Residents deserve transparency about data centers’ effects on their power bills, water use and property values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

You like chickens and deserve some of your own.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

That “golden cross” is not unlike a participation trophy, as it shows that bitcoin has put in enough time and effort that it deserves to say it’s now in a longer-term uptrend.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

"The young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued," Hochul said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“The young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Every person deserves to feel safe in and around their home,” Los Angeles County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Yeah, but it’s barely enough time to prepare. I’m so excited for him. He deserves this after all the hard work.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Alexander said everyone deserved to travel knowing their flight would not be disrupted by "bad behaviour from a small minority".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

It failed us all by assuming that what she deserved was fixed by what she did as an 18-year-old.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a court filing that fall, Mason wrote on behalf of the district attorney’s office that Johnson deserved a new trial because his defense lawyer hadn’t contested the detective’s hearsay testimony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

"I think he deserved to get the two matches, that's why we gave him two matches," Tuchel said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

And they really deserved a couple of days up north without any worries, because they worked really hard, Dad with all his inventions and Mom teaching math.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

"And she's a very deserving lady and a deserving family."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Two categories stood out as particularly deserving of further investigation: reproductive symptoms, including changes in menstrual cycles, and problems involving body temperature, such as chills and hot flashes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

This argument is ridiculous, as in deserving of ridicule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The ongoing explosion of revival screenings in Los Angeles is an opportunity not just to revisit accepted classics, but also to give a spotlight to undersung oddball picks deserving of broader attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Just make sure that those you give it to are deserving of such a fine thing.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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