due praise
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Only the courts are due praise, for how they sorted through some legitimate legal questions in unusually rapid fashion while under fierce political fire.
From Washington Times • Oct. 7, 2014
Give due praise, of course, to Russell Wilson’s poise beyond his years, and Marshawn Lynch’s relentless running.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2014
Those on the committee received due praise from the returning council members and from the state legislature, but voices of criticism were also heard.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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To him and them are due praise, not blame.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren
The medical inspector visits the house every month, and gives it due praise for meeting every condition of modern medical science.
From Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Robinson, Jane M. Bancroft (Jane Marie Bancroft)