fealty
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The lack of transparency, the minimal communication and the demand for fealty is all that younger reporters know — and those with experience who know better are slowly squeezed out.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
That fealty was enough for Trump to nominate Blanche to the position permanently.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
But Europeans are increasingly concerned that displays of praise and fealty aren’t working.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
He declared unconditional fealty to Tucker Carlson, who he said “always will be a close friend of the Heritage Foundation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Borrell did fealty for Sweetsister, as Longthorpe did for Longsister and Torrent for Littlesister; all were sworn to Triston Sunderland, the Lord of the Three Sisters.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
A Scorpio’s deepest fealties can only lie with beings they perceive as powerful as they are — or more so, complementing that inescapable desire to subjugate that which makes them feel powerless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
And also, the fees, fealties, and seruices which belonged to him in the countie of Amund, and in the vallie called Vale Dosta; and in like maner, the towne of Castellone.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second by Raphael Holinshed
Feudalism itself, with its curious net-work of fealties and obligations running through the fabric of society in every direction, was by no means purely disintegrative in its tendencies.
From American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History by John Fiske
My passions are many, my loves more, my thoughts loyalty, and my fancy faith: all devoted in humble devoir to the service of Phœbe; and shall I reap no reward for such fealties?
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
The doors were shut, with the infant inside; the lights flew up; glasses clinked, merry healths were pledged, new fealties sworn by look alone.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
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