honorable
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Even if your brother-in-law’s motives are entirely honorable, the proposed arrangement leaves the parents in a remarkably vulnerable financial position.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
But the feeling that America brought the attack on itself pervaded Europe’s political class and commentariat—with honorable exceptions, including Tony Blair, the U.K.’s prime minister, who forever earned my gratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Several months later he says he received an honorable discharge, told he was part of a force reduction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The 2025 All-Big Ten honorable mention honoree quickly found out that by coaching others, he could also help himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Despite multiple referrals from commanding officers for psychiatric evaluation, he remained in combat for seven months before his “crying outbursts” and “uncommunicative withdrawal” resulted in an honorable discharge in December 1966.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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