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obey

[oh-bay] / 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

For much of the nearly 40-minute journey, the driver appeared to stop at red lights and obey traffic laws, Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

I cannot even trust you to obey my orders.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

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

“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

In the end, Grier instructed the jury that the Fugitive Slave Law should be obeyed but that individual resistance did not amount to treason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The family say they obeyed soldiers' orders to stop and posed no danger.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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

She didn’t look for Mother—not once!—and she obeyed Sister Gladys in such stony silence that the nurse asked if she felt sick.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

The wretched rabbits, obeying his orders, were met by Silver and Buckthorn at a point where the run opened out.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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