deserve
Example Sentences
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"I feel bad for you, because you don't deserve this," he told holidaymakers before he was arrested by police at Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport.
From Barron's
But coming from “Queer Eye” where everyone we helped was because it was somebody deserving, somebody that was going through something and needed that extra boost in their life.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet his bill attempts to settle the question as evidence is emerging that the question deserves serious investigation.
He is a textbook example of the kind of person who deserves asylum.
You deserve every one of those summer holidays, even though many teachers use that time to earn extra bucks.
From MarketWatch
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