honor
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Everyone—individuals, corporations and governments—trusts the dollar and trusts that the Treasury will always honor its debt, which allows the U.S. to finance our $40 trillion debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport announced Friday plans to rename BNA in honor of Parton, following a growing public campaign that surged after the country music icon’s death.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
They ask “that you honor his remarkable legacy by serving your communities and leading others with compassion, integrity, and loyalty and always remember ‘be strong enough to be gentle.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Zenaida's mother Katy Allis had brought her four children to the Parton memorial to honor the woman who changed their lives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
For Grace, in honor of her eighth-grade graduation.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
She has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a two-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Awards, the highest honors in business journalism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The medal is one of the highest honors associated with human spaceflight in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
His play earned him Sun Belt Conference defensive player of the year honors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Owning the Los Angeles Lakers has been one of the great honors of my life," said Walter.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Because they were on the honors track together last year? So what? That doesn’t mean anything.”
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
“We are honored that she chose Solvang to spend time away from the spotlight. Her extraordinary legacy of music, kindness, and generosity will be felt for generations,” the city said in its statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rowan said in the statement: “Leon has been a terrific partner and leader for over three decades and I am honored to take the reins.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
It’s the foundation for the entire sovereign debt market — and is so widely honored that in 2002, Russia was still paying obligations from the time of the czars.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
She was named the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 1978, received the National Medal of Arts in 2004, and was honored with the Kennedy Center Awards in 2006.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
She closed her eyes and saw One Horn feasted, honored, and decorated with her grandmother’s finest beadwork.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
The airport is unlikely to be the last place where Tennesseans consider permanently honoring Parton.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Government lawyers argued at a hearing before Cooper on Thursday that the phrasing would not constitute a renaming but rather recognition of Trump's efforts to renovate the building honoring president John F Kennedy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Pulitzer that Marsalis won in 1997 for his two-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio, “Blood on the Fields,” was historic: since the jury started honoring music in 1943, they’d never recognized jazz, only classical composers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A statue of him sits out front, honoring the first dog Timko and Neece owned together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Learning rootwork was a way of honoring Gran.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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