entrust
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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
Major investors and tenants also remain reluctant to entrust multibillion-dollar decisions to unproven platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Are the Rams really about to entrust him with the responsibility of projecting their virtues?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
He had to entrust this draft to someone and give that person instructions on how to publish it in the event of his death.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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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
Constitution entrusts Congress with the power to “declare war.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
International protocol entrusts each nation with policing its own athletes, so it was China’s anti-doping agency that initially tested the swimmers, finding evidence of trimetazidine, a medication that increases blood flow to the heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
Even the power to decide which crimes to prosecute, which the Constitution entrusts solely to the executive branch, has its limits.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2024
"He entrusts some small matters to us, to lighten his load."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Posting on social media, he urged citizens to "remain peaceful, patient and patriotic as we await the official outcome from those entrusted with managing the vote".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
"When trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned," the letter from Uefa, Concacaf and the AFC read.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The World Cup semifinal — one of the biggest matches a referee can officiate — had just been entrusted to the Salvadoran.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Surely someone rich people entrusted with so much was special?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
One, or maybe more, of the thirty-two kids Mr. Lemoncello had entrusted with all the wonders of his library had betrayed him.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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"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
Paul, 67, a retired postman from Lowestoft, Suffolk, said that in 2008 his father received a flyer explaining how to protect his assets by entrusting his home over to Long and UWP.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
To do that, she has to leave home, separating herself from her upbringing and entrusting SaraLee to her family’s care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
As these concerns mount, few in the industry have addressed the character of their AI models in quite the same way as 5-year-old Anthropic: by entrusting a single person with so much of the task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
It becomes a compulsory act on the one who knows to ensure that this entrusting does not occur.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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