oath
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He is due to take an oath before the Norwegian parliament on Tuesday and will later participate in a consecration service - a stripped-down version of a corronation, which Norway no longer has.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Falsely signing a vouching oath is perjury under Minnesota law, punishable by up to five years.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
That interpretation suggests Alexander may not simply have been criticizing Harold for allegedly breaking an oath.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fauci did so to avoid possibly being accused of lying under oath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
They let me out on one condition: that I be sworn into the crew by taking the pirates’ oath, which is as solemn and unbreakable as an oath can be.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Their oaths to serving the Constitution and the people of the United States are treated as sacred, binding members to an ideology that leads to action.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
Members of the military swear oaths to the Constitution, not to the president or other officials in the chain of command.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
On Friday, the territory announced that they have adjusted the law to give the option of taking one of the two oaths.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
It would expand the subpoena powers of the city attorney to include the authority to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths and affirmations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
The hard work of hoisting heavy casks into the hold was accompanied by the stevedores’ usual grunts and muttered oaths.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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