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obedience

[oh-bee-dee-uhns] / oʊˈbi di əns /


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When he was a puppy, he attended obedience classes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"The Pope is the Pope, we owe him a certain amount of deference, but I don't think that Catholicism wants the obedience of cadavers. We are living, thinking persons," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It felt like he had that level of power, and everyone essentially acquiesced and you had this sort of anticipatory obedience.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The Guards Corps said in a statement it was "ready for complete obedience and self-sacrifice in carrying out the divine commands" of the younger Khamenei.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

But the prolonged captivity, the uncertainty of the world, the habit of obedience had dried up the seeds of rebellion in his heart.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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