shall

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In Deuteronomy 10:19, the command is explicit: “You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Reflecting on his legacy, Winston Churchill liked to say, “I shall leave it to history, but remember that I shall be one of the historians.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Markets, he said, may be skeptical of any assurance that this, too, shall pass.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

“It shall be called Internazionale, because we are brothers of the world,” said Giorgio Muggiani when he helped start the team in 1908.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“Tell me, shall I go, or stay?” he asked.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock