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entrust

[en-truhst] / ɛnˈtrʌst /


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In reliance on that agreement, the parents entrust the surrogate with their embryo, which contains their own genetic material.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I do not want to entrust national pride to the wrong people," said Klopp, who prefers the term "positive patriotism" to "national pride", which he fears can be misunderstood.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

I vowed to entrust the job to our electrician if I could ever extricate myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Murrin’s case highlights pitfalls that lurk when people entrust someone with their taxes, according to Olson.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

Night had fallen and the greater darkness, the payment for the voluntary summoning of the body’s full strength, was coming hard upon me; to darkness I must entrust myself, and him.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Now, the attempted hijacking by co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami is raising questions about whether FlyDubai’s push for growth has outpaced its ability to recruit and vet the people it entrusts to fly its planes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It added: "Leadership in football is not a possession. It is not about holding - or demanding - power to be held. It is a duty of service to the football family that entrusts it."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Editor Eleanor Infante entrusts the movie’s energy to montages: fashion shoots, photo booths, feeding frenzies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025

Our legal system entrusts trial judges with a wide swath of discretionary decisions in ruling on evidence, framing jury instructions, and controlling other facets of the cases they try, with barely any appellate supervision.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2024

"He entrusts some small matters to us, to lighten his load."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Doncic is adamant to remind anyone who asks that this is not the first time he’s been entrusted with the stewardship of a team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

At 16, I was entrusted with one of the most important pieces of technology at a suburban Chili’s: a wire rack full of restaurant pagers.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

He concluded his Angelus prayer by thanking everyone for their "spiritual closeness" and said he entrusted himself to their prayers.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

"The Agency is committed to ensuring that those entrusted with our Nation's secrets are held to the absolute highest standard."

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

She leaned closer, and the medallion that Sister Ailan had entrusted her with tumbled out over the collar of her tunic, as if it had been pulled.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Sources told The Sun that the actress wants to keep the gown close by rather than entrusting it to an outside storage company.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

"I am thankful to the President for entrusting me with the distinct privilege of speaking on his behalf at the White House podium," Leavitt said on social media as her departure was announced.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

"It's inhumane. We've been entrusting him to the centre," Noorman said.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

Amazon has suffered a spate of outages, some of them lasting hours, since it began entrusting more software coding responsibilities to AI bots while laying off human engineers, according to the Financial Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

“You mean aside from the fact that he broke his silence to speak to you? That he’s entrusting his story to you?”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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