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abide

[uh-bahyd] / əˈbaɪd /






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Artificial intelligence companies will have to abide by new "mandatory" safeguards when operating in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

First, you aren’t wrong to abide by his wishes for a home and security for you.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

Some folks mellow, they abide, they lean into the ride.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Okay, to be honest, I can abide by the limitation of obviousness, but the “feels” part was a done deal as far as the Wild Boy of Bainbridge Island was concerned.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

Tail Town abides by that policy and aims to educate people about uncontrollable factors that could spook a cat outdoors like cars, dogs and wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

Does it despise us scythes, but abides us because it has to?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

“Congressman Wilson does and has always abided by campaign donation regulations set forth by the Federal Election Commission,” Snider said in an email.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

"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

The company added that it abided with the law in Los Angeles County and “every jurisdiction where we operate.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

And so Grief and Shame abided in adjoining rooms with the door shut between them, holding their pain in their arms instead of each other.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom abode spans 3,305 square feet.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Francis was told the women had not been brought under duress but George, of no fixed abode, had "plainly exploited the circumstances of these victims".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Now, it appears as though the film mogul, 57, is eager to offload his sprawling Jackson, Wyoming, abode, cutting over $3 million from its cost, bringing the asking price to $36 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Actress Ariel Winter relocated to Nashville after purchasing a $2.9 million abode in College Grove in May 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

They were obviously no longer safe in their little mountain abode.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

She paid tribute to the two officers who died in the A66 crash and said she recognised how "unnerving" the current climate would be for the "law abiding citizens" in the community.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

In a response to questions for this article, Srinivasan wrote on X that the Instagram post was a hoax, and that “we respect Malaysia’s sovereignty and are abiding by all Malaysian law.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Nothing survives but an abiding sense of being elsewhere.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman


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