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[oh-bey] / oʊˈbeɪ /


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A UK government spokesperson declined to comment, citing the ongoing US investigation, but said Britain expected foreign diplomats to obey the law.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

A Microsoft spokesman says the company expects its suppliers to obey all applicable laws and regulations, and it is working with Nebius to transition the site to its permanent, long-term power solution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

"Australia's world-leading social media laws are not failing. But big tech is failing to obey the laws," Communications Minister Anika Wells said at the time.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

But her great-aunt forbade an immense, book-length list of things, and she couldn’t obey them all.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In other words, the deal appears to strike a balance that will ensure the university obeys the law without coercive overreach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

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

“Or anyway, it obeys you better than the marten does.”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

But it was PSG who obeyed the message, delivering a third-minute hammer blow when Georgian genius Khvicha Kvaratskhelia raced down the wing before setting up Ousmane Dembele to lash a finish high past Manuel Neuer.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

Abrahamson said Good should have obeyed the officer’s command to exit from the vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 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

With much loud grumbling at being kept from the quest, King Smoit obeyed Gwydion and turned away from the column, riding toward Caer Cadarn to ready his warriors.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

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

What about the risks of obeying an unlawful order?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

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 DE decides a school is not obeying the guidance it can be named and shamed.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Dazed and disoriented, they would have made easy meals, but Bristle let them pass, as if obeying some code that protected those so terrified.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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