oath
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As a teenager, LeRoy Chatfield took an oath with the Congregation of Christian Brothers to live a life of poverty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Prosecutors alleged she altered other women’s ultrasound images to make them look like hers, fabricated a pregnancy video, bought hormone injections that could affect pregnancy-test results and repeatedly lied under oath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I don’t even have any other assets at all—stocks, bonds, anything like that, savings accounts,” he proclaimed under oath.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who took his oath of office on a Quran, has become the new face of American leftist politics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
"I too will keep the oath," HuangLong said.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Members of the military swear oaths to the Constitution, not to the president or other officials in the chain of command.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
But once you settle into the job of deputy director of the FBI, with oaths and the need to maintain creditability among staff and support the institution, the responsibilities become kind of a drag.
From Slate ● May 24, 2025
On Friday, the territory announced that they have adjusted the law to give the option of taking one of the two oaths.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
It would expand the subpoena powers of the city attorney to include the authority to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths and affirmations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
It is an unlucky time for travelers and for the sick; children are not given their true name during the Fallows, and no Deeds are sung, nor swords nor edge-tools sharpened, nor oaths sworn.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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