oath

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In separate statements, Garcia and Khanna said that Bondi remains legally obligated to appear before the House Oversight Committee and testify under oath about what they called a “botched” handling of the Epstein investigation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

New lawmakers took the oath of office on Thursday in a hall within the newly constructed parliament building.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

But Subramanyam told the BBC that lawmakers would be "happy to work out terms that work for her", as long as she was under oath.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

It functions as a loyalty oath, one ritual in a much larger pattern of humiliation and dominance.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

They let me out on one condition: that I be sworn into the crew by taking the pirates’ oath, which is as solemn and unbreakable as an oath can be.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood