obey
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Antonelli was in no mood to obey a computer algorithm.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
But Buddy doesn’t like it when the children don’t obey him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
They want safe streets and drivers of all vehicles to obey the law or pay a price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
She half turned, ready to obey me for the first time in her life.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
The gravel bucket obeys that law, since shaking creates heat, which is disordered energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
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
Quantum mechanics background: All the matter in the universe obeys the laws of quantum theory, but we only really observe quantum behaviour at the scale of atoms and molecules.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
“Rule thy passion, for unless it obeys, it rules you.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
The family say they obeyed soldiers' orders to stop and posed no danger.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
He obeyed and burned the project files in a bonfire on the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
When calculating probabilities with Bayes' rule, the principle of minimum change is obeyed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025
Staff informed the agents that they did not have permission to enter the school and ordered them to leave the area, which they obeyed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
To my satisfaction, Kutti obeyed at once, waggling his tail.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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 Defense Department’s Law of War Manual highlights the particular crime of obeying orders that are “clearly illegal” or that “the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal.”
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
What about the risks of obeying an unlawful order?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 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
The salon stood at the top of marble steps leading up from the garden.The party guests drifted toward it, dutifully obeying the summons to greet El Patron.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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