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A Starbucks spokesperson said the company believes the lawsuit’s claims are without merit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

There, awkward circumstances in qualifying left him eighth on the grid when by merit he would have been on the front row.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

After the war, he was appointed an MBE for services to the community and received the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest order of merit.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Massie’s push for removal, while unexpected, is not without merit.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Since there was only one person who could possibly merit the mantle of America’s Samson and Solomon, Jefferson’s customary sense of discretion allowed him to make his point without mentioning the name.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

But the sincerity of his concern says little about the merits of the rules he wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

What’s notable is, not only did the court say that the equitable factors here didn’t support a stay, they also said the government was likely to lose on the merits.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s become more difficult to convince people of “bad” media’s merits, to encourage them to see with eyes other than their own.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

He said: "The merits or otherwise of a regional approach can be debated but it is essential that local views and decision-making are maintained, along with substantial transfer of powers."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The merits of line versus color have been the subject of a debate that first arose between partisans of Michelangelo and Titian, his great contemporary in Venice.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Some have queried if it would be merited.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

As a long-term shareholder in both companies, Norges Bank Investment Management said it understood the rationale for a combination and the proposal merited consideration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The referee used the video assistant referee to review the play and determined it merited a red card.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Another reason: Dealers increase implied volatility more than is merited to provide themselves with a margin of safety for having to make a market amid murky conditions.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

Her time merited only full-blown problems like, “Is the kitchen floor still under two feet of water since y’all flooded it?” and school, which was a top priority.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Mental-health professionals are recognizing chatbot delusions and psychosis as a phenomenon meriting further study.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

In the brand-conscious ‘80s, the right item of designer clothing could make or break a kid’s popularity, meriting a Gartrell name drop in “A Shirt Story,” a Hall of Fame-level episode of “The Cosby Show.”

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025

"The Court should not mistake the FTC’s litigation gamesmanship for an emergency meriting this Court’s deviation from the ordinary appellate process," the company wrote.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023

One of the most entertaining teams in the Premier League and fully meriting a place in the Europa League for the first time in Brighton's history.

From BBC ● May 29, 2023

“A classic tenement meriting the veneration of the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings.”

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford