abide
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In order for the plan to work, all sororities would have to abide by it, Cutforth reckoned, and so the vote would have to be unanimous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Each hotel, or chain, will have its own security policy which staff should abide by.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
McKinsey’s Kelkar called it “impossible” to abide by the FCC’s restrictions without onshoring actuator manufacturing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Candidates would have to abide by certain expenditure limits and follow strict criteria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the end, though, Zeitoun could laugh this kind of thing off, but the one thing he could not abide was a client raising their voice to Kathy.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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The team abides by a "one strike and you're out" policy, where accounts found to be used in illegal activities will be promptly suspended.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Nobody’s perfect, and the longer a piece of art abides, the more likely it is that it’ll start to suck.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
A federal monitor will be installed to ensure Live Nation abides by these terms over the next eight years.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026
UnitedHealth said Hemsley abides by all of its disclosure and conflict-of-interest policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Does it despise us scythes, but abides us because it has to?
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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"For years, Europeans aided and abided flagrant ethical flaws in the international football federation," said Bruen, head of the Global Situation Room strategic communications firm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
In an interview, he said abided by interscholastic rules, though he acknowledged some eyebrow-raising transfers on his watch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Bondi abided, and appointed a top federal prosecutor to pursue the investigation with “urgency and integrity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
In a statement to the BBC, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Musk "is selflessly serving President Trump's Administration as a special government employee, and he has abided by all applicable federal laws".
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
When I was first banned I abided by the rules and regulations of my persecutors.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Despite selling their Tarzana abode to Osaka in February 2022, the couple later realized that the home is truly where their hearts are.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
However, they announced their move back to the mainland in August 2024, one month after purchasing a six-bedroom abode in Encino, Calif., for $6.8 million.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Noth, 71, who famously starred as Mr. Big in the hit HBO series, is bidding farewell to the one-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom abode more than three decades after purchasing it in 1994.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 37-year-old man of no fixed abode had been arrested after a "boat that had an emergency responder on board" was damaged in the Channel.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The next morning I surveyed my new abode and discovered a swimming pool in the backyard, and two smaller bedrooms.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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That title is something of a metaphor, about connecting to a deep, abiding spirituality accessible to us all.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Regardless of what station they work for, reporters and pilots are constantly helping each other, abiding by unspoken rules to keep each other safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
What they really want is to be quasi-banks without abiding by the same regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Writing on social media, she said: "We cannot allow anyone to come to our Union without abiding by our rules."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Even though I had nothing but love for Lily while Jackson and I went together, she had nothing but an abiding rage for me.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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