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
The new Americans took an oath of allegiance promising to, among other things, obey and defend the US Constitution.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
So you’ll pick and choose which court orders you’ll obey?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Don't say such a thing! It's still our country, no matter who leads us. We must obey the law. I hate the thought of war, too, but we must defend the Fatherland, no matter what."
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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
The robot obeys, switching off its data gathering.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
He obeyed and burned the project files in a bonfire on the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 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
“We obeyed the law and we kept the peace. And that’s not bad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
“Guards,” Dain says, in a voice that expects to be obeyed.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
We let ourselves blend into the algorithm, feeding and obeying the machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Pasha said he was instructed to film and send proof to the authorities that the school was obeying the new curriculum.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
They are the ones most likely to be held accountable for obeying and transmitting unlawful orders because they are the ones who had the best chance of getting those orders changed or revoked.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
It was an even more obvious metaphor for Christians, as it was easy to think of God as a legislator imposing laws on nature and to personify nature as obeying him.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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