obeyed
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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
The broader biographical facts are obeyed, but “Amadeus” is fundamentally ahistorical, and sometimes implausible: It is to be trusted only as television.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Military law establishes a strong presumption that military orders are lawful and must be obeyed.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
Celaena frowned, but obeyed as he walked to her, Chaol stepping closer.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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