be upheld

Example Sentences

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They will also need robust security to guard workers from guerrilla groups active in Venezuela’s Orinoco belt, as well as certainty that contracts will be upheld, these people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

But investors don’t seem worried about the possibility that the tariffs will be upheld.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Bush, and Judge Patricia Millett, appointed by former President Barack Obama — agreed that the TRO should be upheld.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025

As the court put it, a gun regulation that was “ ‘relatively similar’ to laws that our tradition is understood to permit” could be upheld.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2025

There was no actual customary law of limitation, but the grantees would decline to accept the offerings of the vakalutu, and would be upheld in their refusal by public opinion.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil