deserve
Example Sentences
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“The least the national team and the upcoming tournament deserve is for us to be 100% focused on that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
"We deserve better, and if that means going on strike, I'm ready."
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
"These students deserve confidence that their grades will reflect their mathematical ability rather than the unusual difficulty of a single examination paper," it continues.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Years later, at the parade celebrating her team’s victory in the 2019 World Cup, Ms. Rapinoe took a big swig of Champagne, threw her arms wide and proclaimed, “I deserve this!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“What I do know is that you kids deserve better. I know we can’t stay in your aunt’s basement forever, but it’s hard to figure out what to do next. Does that make sense?”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing deserve
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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