obey
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“The pro-slavery factions were picking on specific verses like ‘slaves obey your masters’ and saying, ‘Well, we’re clearly advancing the more biblical society because look, the Bible says exactly what we’re doing,’” Coffman said.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The results indicate that the local geometric components of spacetime obey a version of the first law of thermodynamics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
But guests will have to obey one rule, don't mention the fishing trip.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Kids don’t know that, but they vibe with Dali anyway because he keys into their suspicion that the world doesn’t really obey the rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Penelope put down her pole and made off at a trot, for by now she knew that walking was no way for a sailor to obey a summons from the captain.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The gravel bucket obeys that law, since shaking creates heat, which is disordered energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
This one figures out how to converse with one of the deadliest extraterrestrials in the known universe — and not only does it understand her, it obeys her commands.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
He added that he "obeys the government and will pay it" as he didn't know the repayment was not legally required.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
Min-sung obeys Young-tak to ensure access to resources, but at home Myung-hwa can’t hide her disappointment in him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Thus disorder will tend to increase with time if the system obeys an initial condition of high order.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
The family say they obeyed soldiers' orders to stop and posed no danger.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
I’d obeyed and failed to hit my Activity Goals for several days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Military law establishes a strong presumption that military orders are lawful and must be obeyed.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
When calculating probabilities with Bayes' rule, the principle of minimum change is obeyed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025
Momma handed him a cup of coffee before she obeyed.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Mohamed says the most important thing is to follow Japan's rules, including sorting refuse properly, obeying parking laws, and wearing helmets when riding your bicycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
However, the Nuremberg tribunals after World War II established in international law that obeying an unlawful order does not absolve an individual of responsibility for atrocities.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2025
Binance set up Binance.US in 2019 as a bare-bones American platform obeying U.S. rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Increasingly, U.S. companies are worried that by obeying U.S. laws, they could run afoul of Chinese rules.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
She’d thought that keeping secrets would just feel like obeying her father—protecting him, maybe, because what if the police arrested fathers who told their daughters to act like robots pretending to be kids?
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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