oath
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“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
“But he still took an oath and he still has to wake up every day and be the boss of a quarter million or so unionized workers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
And if the case proceeds, they may have to say so under oath.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Johnson watched Nixon take the oath of office, wondering what lay ahead.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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
A seven-figure pledge grants access to a pair of intimate dinners with the VP-elect and the president-elect days before they take their oaths of office.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 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
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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